mDNSResponder.exe
Bonjour by Apple Inc. (Signed)
| Version: | 1,0,6,2 |
| MD5: | 3f56903e124e820aeece6d471583c6c1 |
| SHA1: | e0869cb262e68c6596f7e3faf42aa6da7af1755e |
| SHA256: | b3c045afacc8a8f5dc289ade9acfb2fe7f9ca24a900bbaed47e2a63837208cb3 |
What is mDNSResponder.exe?
Bonjour provides a general method to discover services on a local area network. The software is widely used throughout Mac OS, and allows users to set up a network without any configuration. It is used to find printers and file-sharing servers. iTunes uses Bonjour to find shared music, iPhoto to find shared photos. Bonjour for Windows and AirPort Base Stations may be configured to use Wide Area Bonjour which allows for wide area service discovery via an appropriately configured DNS server.
About mDNSResponder.exe (from Apple Inc.)
“Bonjour, also known as zero-configuration networking, enables automatic discovery of computers, devices, and services on IP networks using industry standard IP protocols. It is a key component of Appl”
Details
| File name: | mDNSResponder.exe |
| Publisher: | Apple Inc. |
| Product name: | Bonjour |
| Description: | Bonjour Service |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\bonjour\mdnsresponder.exe |
| File version: | 1,0,6,2 |
| Size: | 233.29 KB (238,888 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Apple Inc. |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Sunday, May 17, 2009 |
| Expiration date: | Sunday, June 26, 2011 |
| Digital DNA |
| Entropy: | 6.580966 |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
Bonjour Service provides a general method to discover services on a local area network. The software is widely used throughout Mac OS and Windows for iOS devices, and allows users to set up a network without any configuration. It is used to find printers and file-sharing servers. iTunes uses Bonjour to find shared music, iPhoto to find shared photos. Bonjour for Windows and AirPort Base Stations may be configured to use Wide Area Bonjou...
Bonjour Service provides a general method to discover services on a local area network including network printers. The software allows users to set up a network without any configuration. It is used to find printers and file-sharing servers. Bonjour for Windows and AirPort Base Stations may be configured to use Wide Area Bonjour which allows for wide area service discovery via a configured DNS server.
Behaviors
Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'Bonjour Service' (Servicio Bonjour)
- 'Bonjour Service'
Windows firewall allowed programs
Exceptions allow programs to access to the Internet through an outbound connections
- Firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Bonjour\mDNSResponder.exe'
Network connections
Access through an approved Windows firewall exception
[UDP] listens on port 5353
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00074506% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00045500% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00029006% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 18,211 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 104,720/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 1.68 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 3.5 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 2.44 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 1.68 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 42.29 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 43.25 MB | |
| Working set: | 2.48 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 4.38 MB | |
| Page faults: | 2,230/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 70 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 0 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 516 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 24/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 6 | |
| Handles: | 288 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 4 | |
| GUI USER count: | 3 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | Undefined |
| Platform: | 32-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\bonjour\mdnsresponder.exe" |
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | Bonjour Service |
| Display name: | Servicio Bonjour |
| Description: | “Permite que los dispositivos de hardware y los servicios de software se configuren automáticamente en la red y anuncien su presencia.” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft) |
Threads
Averages
| mDNSResponder.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00079313% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00049438% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00029875% | |
| CPU cycles: | 9,605/sec | |
| Memory: | 352 KB | |
| ADVAPI32.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00018784% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00006261% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00012522% | |
| CPU cycles: | 3,836/sec | |
| Memory: | 792 KB | |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
33.33% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
20.20% |
|
| Windows XP Home Edition |
13.13% |
|
| Microsoft Windows XP |
10.10% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
10.10% |
|
| Windows XP Professional |
4.04% |
|
| Windows 8 |
2.02% |
|
| Windows 7 Starter |
2.02% |
|
| Windows Vista™ Home Premium |
2.02% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center |
1.01% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
1.01% |
|
| Windows Vista Ultimate |
1.01% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 39.29% of Bonjour.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Lenovo |
21.21% |
|
| Sony |
18.18% |
|
| ASUS |
15.15% |
|
| Intel |
12.12% |
|
| Dell |
9.09% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
7.58% |
|
| Acer |
7.58% |
|
| Toshiba |
6.06% |
|
| Samsung |
3.03% |
|
