Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

Additional versions

11.2.2.3	5.42%
11.2.0.115	0.50%
11.2.0.114	0.10%
11.1.5.5	2.31%
11.1.4.62	0.40%
11.1.3.8	3.51%
11.1.2.32	2.71%
11.1.2.31	0.80%
11.1.1.11	3.11%
11.1.0.126	2.91%
11.0.5.5	3.91%
11.0.4.4	9.03%
11.0.3.42	2.21%
11.0.2.26	14.24%
11.0.2.25	1.71%
11.0.1.12	20.86%
11.0.0.163	5.52%
10.7.0.21	11.03%
10.6.3.25	4.41%
10.6.1.7	1.71%
10.6.0.40	0.80%
10.5.3.3	0.30%
10.5.2.11	0.70%
10.5.1.42	0.70%
10.5.0.142	0.50%
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10.2.2.12	0.30%
10.2.1.1	0.10%
10.0.1.22	0.10%
9.0.3.15	0.10%

Relationships

Parent processes

Child process

itunes.exe (iTunes by Apple Inc.)

Related files

PE file structure

Show functions

Import table

advapi32.dll

RegQueryValueExW, RegOpenKeyExW

kernel32.dll

GetFileAttributesExW, GetProcAddress, GetModuleHandleW, VerifyVersionInfoW, VerSetConditionMask, FreeLibrary, LoadLibraryW, GetModuleFileNameW, GetCommandLineA, GetStartupInfoA, TerminateProcess, GetCurrentProcess, UnhandledExceptionFilter, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, IsDebuggerPresent, Sleep, ExitProcess, WriteFile, GetStdHandle, GetModuleFileNameA, FreeEnvironmentStringsA, GetEnvironmentStrings, FreeEnvironmentStringsW, WideCharToMultiByte, GetLastError, GetEnvironmentStringsW, SetHandleCount, GetFileType, DeleteCriticalSection, TlsGetValue, TlsAlloc, TlsSetValue, TlsFree, InterlockedIncrement, SetLastError, GetCurrentThreadId, InterlockedDecrement, HeapCreate, HeapFree, QueryPerformanceCounter, GetTickCount, GetCurrentProcessId, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, LeaveCriticalSection, EnterCriticalSection, LoadLibraryA, InitializeCriticalSectionAndSpinCount, GetCPInfo, GetACP, GetOEMCP, IsValidCodePage, HeapAlloc, VirtualAlloc, HeapReAlloc, RtlUnwind, HeapSize, GetLocaleInfoA, LCMapStringA, MultiByteToWideChar, LCMapStringW, GetStringTypeA, GetStringTypeW, VirtualFree, HeapSetInformation, GetStartupInfoW, IsProcessorFeaturePresent, DecodePointer, EncodePointer

shlwapi.dll

PathAppendW, PathRemoveFileSpecW

user32.dll

wsprintfW, MessageBoxW

iTunesHelper.exe

iTunes by Apple Inc. (Signed)

Remove iTunesHelper.exe

Version:	11.1.0.126
MD5:	b2387fd351a3d4780a917e4c00a83310
SHA1:	9846dd6f5433dab758e6f38875948562057b2945
SHA256:	d23aadd424b1fc3d2c3a388252eeda05f9b05922472a74e0cf4eee7e005eade1

What is iTunesHelper.exe?

Apple software includes iTunesHelper or iTunes Helper, is a program from Apple that runs in the background and monitors for the connection of any iPod or iPhone to the computer, if an iPod or iPhone is detected it will automatically launch the iTunes application. The functionality is the same on both Mac OS X and Windows PC’s.

About iTunesHelper.exe (from Apple Inc.)

“iTunes is a free application for your Mac or PC. It lets you organize and play digital music and video on your computer. It can automatically download new music, app, and book purchases across all y”

Details

File name:	iTunesHelper.exe
Publisher:	Apple Inc.
Product name:	iTunes
Description:	iTunesHelper
Typical file path:	C:\Program Files\itunes\ituneshelper.exe
File version:	11.1.0.126
Size:	148.82 KB (152,392 bytes)
Build date:	9/18/2013 2:16 PM
Certificate
Issued to:	Apple Inc.
Authority (CA):	VeriSign
Expiration date:	Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:	Windows GUI
File packed:	No
.NET CLR:	No

More details

Programs

The following programs will install this file

iTunes

Apple Inc.

9% remove

Apple's iTunes is a proprietary media player computer program, used for playing and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone and iPad. iTunes is an application that allows the user to purchase and manage audio and video on a personal computer, acting as a front end for Apple's QuickTime media player. Officially, using iTunes is required in order to manage the audio of an ...

VoiceOver Kit

Apple Inc.

10% remove

“Enabling VoiceOver for iPod allows you to hear the names of songs, artists, and playlists spoken when listening to content on your iPod. If you have the Apple Earphones with Remote and Mic or the In-Ear Headphones with Remote and Mic, you can also use VoiceOver to navigate playlists.”

Behaviors

Startup files (all users) run

Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'

'iTunesHelper' → "C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe"

Network connections

[UDP] listens on port 58996

[UDP] listens on port 61437

[UDP] listens on port 65134

[UDP] listens on port 54493

[UDP] listens on port 49200

[UDP] listens on port 59184

[UDP] listens on port 1110

[UDP] listens on port 61288

[UDP] listens on port 54185

[UDP] listens on port 60907

[UDP] listens on port 65133

[UDP] listens on port 62887

[UDP] listens on port 63879

Resource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.00101453%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00046262%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00055191%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	519 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:	62,874/sec	17,470,203/sec
Context switches:	2/sec	284/sec
Memory
Private memory:	5.06 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	12.93 MB
Private (minimum):	9.44 MB
Non-paged memory:	5.06 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	115.83 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	122.01 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	9.73 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	12.98 MB	37.95 MB
Page faults:	14,569/min	2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:	71 Bytes/sec	1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:	1/sec	343/min
I/O write transfer:	0 Bytes/sec	274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:	1/sec	227/min
I/O other transfer:	19 Bytes/sec	448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:	2/sec	1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:	11	12
Handles:	257	600
GUI GDI count:	11	103
GUI GDI peak:	12	142
GUI USER count:	10	49
GUI USER peak:	11	71

Process properties

Integrety level:	Medium
Platform:	64-bit
Command line:	"C:\Program Files\itunes\ituneshelper.exe"
Owner:	User
Parent processes:	chrome.exe (Google Chrome by Google Inc) explorer.exe (Windows Explorer by Microsoft Corporation)

Threads

Averages

MSVCR80.dll
Total CPU:	0.00087999%	0.272967%
Kernel CPU:	0.00037270%	0.107585%
User CPU:	0.00050729%	0.165382%
Memory:	620 KB	1.16 MB
iTunesHelper.exe (main module)
Total CPU:	0.00054325%
Kernel CPU:	0.00026378%
User CPU:	0.00027948%
CPU cycles:	21,848/sec
Memory:	156 KB
ituneshelper.dll (iTunes by Apple)
Total CPU:	0.00044301%
Kernel CPU:	0.00026161%
User CPU:	0.00018140%
CPU cycles:	5,872/sec
Memory:	160 KB
itunesmobiledevice.dll (iTunesMobileDevice by Apple)
Total CPU:	0.00022777%
Kernel CPU:	0.00019671%
User CPU:	0.00003106%
Memory:	1.61 MB

Common loaded modules

These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.

Distribution by Windows OS

OS version	distribution
Windows 7 Home Premium	44.50%
Windows 8.1	15.50%
Windows 7 Ultimate	13.50%
Windows 8.1 Pro	5.50%
Windows 8	5.50%
Microsoft Windows XP	4.00%
Windows 7 Professional	3.50%
Windows 8 Single Language	2.00%
Windows Vista Home Premium	2.00%
Windows 8.1 Single Language	1.50%
Windows Seven Black Edition	1.00%
Windows 8.1 N	0.50%
Windows 8 Enterprise	0.50%
Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center	0.50%

Distribution by country

United States installs about 51.50% of iTunes.

Distribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturer	distribution
Hewlett-Packard	20.95%
Toshiba	18.97%
Dell	17.39%
ASUS	11.86%
Acer	9.09%
Lenovo	8.70%
Sony	3.95%
GIGABYTE	1.98%
Samsung	1.58%
Compaq	1.58%
NEC	1.58%
Sahara	0.79%
Alienware	0.79%
American Megatrends	0.79%

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