Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

Additional versions

10.4.1.10	29.27%
10.4.0.80	9.76%
10.2.2.14	17.07%
10.1.1.4	9.76%
10.1.0.56	7.32%
10.0.0.68	17.07%
9.1.0.79	7.32%
8.0.2.20	2.44%

Relationships

Parent process

explorer.exe (Windows Explorer by Microsoft Corporation)

Related files

PE file structure

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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

shlwapi.dll

PathAppendW, PathRemoveFileSpecW

user32.dll

wsprintfW, MessageBoxW

iTunesHelper.exe

iTunes by Apple Inc. (Signed)

Remove iTunesHelper.exe

Version:	10.2.2.14
MD5:	c0fd8553cecde061ad3e7c1cc80c7edb
SHA1:	a39424a86f623243b853912bf79f08ed1a25fdd0
SHA256:	b32719ff1436acda91e1e3d55141660290372ac4c4701c70316b95129fd04288

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:	10.2.2.14
Size:	411.29 KB (421,160 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:	Apple Inc.
Authority (CA):	VeriSign
Effective date:	Sunday, May 17, 2009
Expiration date:	Sunday, June 26, 2011
Digital DNA
Entropy:	5.293803
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 63240

Resource utilization

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

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.00013562%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00007484%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00006078%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	308 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:	45,316/sec	17,470,203/sec
Context switches:	2/sec	284/sec
Memory
Private memory:	5.15 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	7.78 MB
Private (minimum):	7.78 MB
Non-paged memory:	5.15 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	111.95 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	118.68 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	7.76 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	11.47 MB	37.95 MB
Page faults:	19,277/min	2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:	36 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:	12 Bytes/sec	448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:	1/sec	1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:	12	12
Handles:	352	600
GUI GDI count:	17	103
GUI GDI peak:	19	142
GUI USER count:	12	49
GUI USER peak:	13	71

Process properties

Integrety level:	High
Platform:	32-bit
Command line:	"C:\Program Files\itunes\ituneshelper.exe"
Owner:	User
Parent process:	explorer.exe (Windows Explorer by Microsoft Corporation)

Distribution by Windows OS

OS version	distribution
Windows 7 Ultimate	48.78%
Windows XP Home Edition	19.51%
Windows 7 Home Premium	14.63%
Windows XP Professional	7.32%
Windows Vista Home Premium	4.88%
Windows Vista Ultimate	2.44%
Windows Vista™ Home Premium	2.44%

Distribution by country

United States installs about 50.00% of iTunes.

Distribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturer	distribution
Hewlett-Packard	50.00%
Samsung	50.00%

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