Spotify.exe
Spotify by Spotify Ltd (Signed)
Overview
There are 5 versions of spotify.exe in the wild, the latest version being 0.8.4.93. spotify.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. The process displays a GUI (graphical user interface) which allows the user to interact with it as well as displays a notification icon in the taskbar. By adding a startup entry to the run registry key, the file will be executed when the user logs into Windows. The average file size is about 6.39 MB. The file is a digitally signed and issued to Spotify Ltd by The USERTRUST Network. Some variations of the file have been seen to be installed with the program Spotify from Spotify AB. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0000% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 179.63 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 2.19 MB per minute for reads and 119.93 KB per minute for writes.
What is spotify.exe?
Spotify is a Swedish music streaming service offering digitally restricted streaming of selected music from a range of major and independent record labels. Spotify allows registered users to integrate their account with existing Facebook and Twitter accounts. Once a user integrates their Spotify account with other social media profiles, they are able to access their friends' favorite music and playlists. Users can access applications integrated in the Spotify desktop client, written in HTML5.
About spotify.exe (from Spotify Ltd)
“Think of Spotify as your new music collection. Your library. Only this time your collection is vast: millions of tracks and counting. Spotify comes in all shapes and sizes, available for your PC, Mac,”
Details |
File name: | spotify.exe |
Publisher: | Spotify Ltd |
Product name: | Spotify |
Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\spotify\spotify.exe |
Certificate |
Issued to: | Spotify Ltd |
Authority (CA): | The USERTRUST Network |
Expiration date: | Saturday, September 22, 2012 |
Programs installed in
(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of Spotify.)
Spotify is a Swedish music streaming service offering digitally restricted streaming of selected music from a range of major and independent record labels, including Sony, EMI, Warner Music Group and ...
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of spotify.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Windows firewall allowed programs
Exceptions allow programs to access to the Internet through an outbound connections
- Firewall exception for 'C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\Spotify\spotify.exe'
- Firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Spotify\spotify.exe'
Startup files (user) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'Spotify' → "C:\users\user\appdata\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.exe" /uri spotifC:autostart
All file variations of spotify.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
OS version | distribution |
Windows 7 Ultimate |
56.25% |
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Microsoft Windows XP |
37.50% |
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Windows 7 Professional |
6.25% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 92.31% of Spotify.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
PC Manufacturer | distribution |
Dell |
50.00% |
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Toshiba |
25.00% |
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Lenovo |
25.00% |
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