QTTask.exe
QuickTime by Apple
| Version: | 7.6.8 (1675) |
| MD5: | 69581380e69c8dce30ede2a463c912ee |
| SHA1: | 4a788fd650bf50c0b218c6a2972adc2f3e2cc8ea |
| SHA256: | 39391eb96e16162fec64a6ed2e2e9537bb53566a9364aeba21f71645afcd1eda |
What is QTTask.exe?
QuickTime Task is part of the Apple QuickTime Player, a free multimedia player.
About QTTask.exe (from Apple)
“A powerful multimedia technology with a built-in media player, QuickTime lets you view Internet video, HD movie trailers, and personal media in a wide range of file formats. And it lets you enjoy them”
Overview
qttask.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges. It is set to be run when the PC boots and the user logs into Windows (added to the Run registry key for the current user). It is installed with a couple of know programs including QuickTime published by Apple Inc., QuickTime Alternative 3.2.2 from KL Software and QuickTime Alternative 3.2.2 by KL Software.
Details
| File name: | qttask.exe |
| Publisher: | Apple Inc. |
| Product name: | QuickTime |
| Description: | QuickTime Task |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\quicktime\qttask.exe |
| File version: | 7.6.8 (1675) |
| Product version: | QuickTime 7.6.8 (1675) |
| Size: | 412 KB (421,888 bytes) |
| Digital DNA |
| Entropy: | 6.281096 |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
QuickTime is an extensible multimedia framework capable of handling various formats of digital video, picture, sound, panoramic images, and interactivity. QuickTime for Microsoft Windows has always been downloadable as a standalone installation, as well as being bundled with Apple's iTunes. QuickTime Player is limited to only basic playback operations unless a QuickTime Pro license key is purchased.
“QuickTime Player 7 supports older media formats, such as QTVR, interactive QuickTime movies, and MIDI files on Snow Leopard and OS X Lion. It also accepts QuickTime 7 Pro registration codes, which turn on QuickTime Pro functions. QuickTime Player 7 will be installed in the Utilities folder in the Applications folder.”
QuickTime Alternative is a codec package for Microsoft Windows for playing QuickTime media, normally only playable by the official QuickTime software distribution from Apple Inc. QuickTime Alternative consists of codec libraries extracted from the official distribution, including the official QuickTime plugin required for playing QuickTime files (.MOV, .QT and others) in web browsers such as Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox, and al...
“The following filetypes are enabled and SUPPORTED by the installation of the Vista Codec Package.
amr | mpc | ofr | divx | mka | ape | flac | evo | flv | m4b | mkv | ogg | ogv | ogm | rmvb | xvid
All of the above filetypes can be queued to the Windows Media Player Playlist using a right-click.”
Behaviors
Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'QTTask.exe' → "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTTask.exe" -atboottime
- 'QuickTime Task' → "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTTask.exe" -atboottime
Startup files (user) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'QuickTime Task' → "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTTask.exe" -atboottime
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
39.50% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
15.50% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
9.00% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premium |
7.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
5.50% |
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| Windows 8 |
4.50% |
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| Windows 8 Pro |
4.50% |
|
| Windows 8.1 |
3.50% |
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| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
3.00% |
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| Windows Vista Home Basic |
1.50% |
|
| Windows Seven Black Edition |
1.00% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Pro |
1.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Basic |
1.00% |
|
| Windows 8 Enterprise |
0.50% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Single Language |
0.50% |
|
| Windows Vista Business |
0.50% |
|
| Windows 8 Single Language |
0.50% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Single Language Preview |
0.50% |
|
| Windows Vista Ultimate |
0.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Starter |
0.50% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 56.06% of QuickTime.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
20.00% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
18.15% |
|
| Toshiba |
17.78% |
|
| ASUS |
14.07% |
|
| Sony |
9.63% |
|
| Acer |
7.04% |
|
| Intel |
5.19% |
|
| GIGABYTE |
2.96% |
|
| American Megatrends |
1.11% |
|
| Sahara |
0.74% |
|
| Samsung |
0.74% |
|
| NEC |
0.74% |
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| MSI |
0.74% |
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| Lenovo |
0.74% |
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| Alienware |
0.37% |
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