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VersionsAdditional versions

0.9.10.22 1.25%
0.9.10.21 1.25%
0.9.10.14 6.25%
0.9.7.16 2.50%
0.9.6.81 1.25%
0.9.4.185 5.00%
0.9.4.178 3.75%
0.9.4.169 1.25%
0.9.1.57 8.75%
0.9.1.53 7.50%
0.9.0.133 7.50%
0.8.8.454 3.75%
0.8.8.450 1.25%
0.8.8.348 3.75%
0.8.8.347 5.00%
0.8.5.1333 40.00%

Relationships

Parent process
Related files

Spotify.exe

Spotify by Spotify AB (Signed)

Remove Spotify.exe
Version:   0.9.1.57
MD5:   975ba8331408f9ab25d9ee0712daf7f0
SHA1:   48262c3860319eadb8a5c5d5f0939f6602c8a8ad
SHA256:   344542c3be196ec188b62567c3e41b498d964779ff6d86053a9e6a43dd0ed33c

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 AB)

“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,”

DetailsDetails

File name:spotify.exe
Publisher:Spotify Ltd
Product name:Spotify
Typical file path:C:\users\user\appdata\roaming\spotify\spotify.exe
File version:0.9.1.57
Size:4.43 MB (4,640,768 bytes)
Build date:7/2/2013 7:42 AM
Certificate
Issued to:Spotify AB
Authority (CA):COMODO CA Limited
Effective date:Thursday, September 27, 2012
Expiration date:Monday, September 28, 2015
Digital DNA
File packed:Yes
.NET CLR:No
More details

ResourcesPrograms

The following programs will install this file
LAME v for Windows
 Audacity
9% remove
LAME is a library that allows some programs to encode MP3 files. LAME is free, but in some countries you may need to pay a license fee in order to legally encode MP3 files.
Equalify v Stable
 Equalify
2% remove
Spotify
 Spotify AB
3% remove
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 Universal. Music can be browsed by artist, album, record label, genre or playlist as well as by direct searches. On desktop clients, a link allows the listener to purchase selected material via partner retailers.

BehaviorsBehaviors

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
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:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\Spotify\spotify.exe'
  • Firewall exception for 'C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\Ela\Anwendungsdaten\Spotify\spotify.exe'
  • Firewall exception for 'C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\Spotify\spotify.exe'
  • Firewall exception for 'C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\Spotify\spotify.exe'
  • Firewall exception for 'C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\Spotify\spotify.exe'
  • Firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Spotify\spotify.exe'
  • Firewall exception for 'C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\Spotify\spotify.exe'
  • Firewall exception for 'C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\Spotify\spotify.exe'
  • Firewall exception for 'C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\Spotify\spotify.exe'
  • Firewall exception for 'C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\Spotify\spotify.exe'
  • Firewall exception for 'C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\Spotify\spotify.exe'
Network connections
Access through an approved Windows firewall exception
  • [TCP] 174.76.224.16:80
  • [TCP] wcnat-108-244.wheaton.edu (209.147.108.244:29924)
  • [UDP] listens on port 21328
  • [UDP] listens on port 3283

    • ResourcesResource utilization

    (Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
    Averages
     
    CPU
    Total CPU:0.01276775%
    0.028634%
    Kernel CPU:0.01069172%
    0.013761%
    User CPU:0.00207602%
    0.014873%
    Kernel CPU time:42,231 ms/min
    100,923,805ms/min
    CPU cycles:32,176,031/sec
    17,470,203/sec
    Context switches:466/sec
    284/sec
    Memory
    Private memory:185.95 MB
    21.59 MB
    Private (maximum):175.07 MB
    Private (minimum):58.96 MB
    Non-paged memory:185.95 MB
    21.59 MB
    Virtual memory:456.1 MB
    140.96 MB
    Virtual memory (peak):461.76 MB
    169.69 MB
    Working set:113.68 MB
    18.61 MB
    Working set (peak):177.98 MB
    37.95 MB
    Page faults:471,061/min
    2,039/min
    I/O
    I/O read transfer:3.5 MB/sec
    1.02 MB/min
    I/O read operations:385/sec
    343/min
    I/O write transfer:780.65 KB/sec
    274.99 KB/min
    I/O write operations:329/sec
    227/min
    I/O other transfer:148.66 KB/sec
    448.09 KB/min
    I/O other operations:2,404/sec
    1,671/min
    Resource allocations
    Threads:58
    12
    Handles:1687
    600
    GUI GDI count:625
    103
    GUI GDI peak:555
    142
    GUI USER count:80
    49
    GUI USER peak:93
    71

    BehaviorsProcess properties

    Integrety level:Medium
    Platform:32-bit
    Command lines:
    • "C:\users\user\appdata\roaming\spotify\spotify.exe"
    • "C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application data\spotify\spotify.exe"
    Owner:User
    Parent process:explorer.exe (Windows Explorer by Microsoft Corporation)

    ResourcesThreads

    Averages
     
    dsound.DLL
    Total CPU:2.23594030%
    0.272967%
    Kernel CPU:0.04316152%
    0.107585%
    User CPU:2.19277878%
    0.165382%
    CPU cycles:29,761,624/sec
    5,741,424/sec
    Context switches:99/sec
    79/sec
    Memory:456 KB
    1.16 MB
    spotify.exe (main module)
    Total CPU:0.29528274%
    Kernel CPU:0.06817269%
    User CPU:0.22711006%
    CPU cycles:4,274,836/sec
    Context switches:34/sec
    Memory:9.62 MB
    WINHTTP.dll
    Total CPU:0.02793611%
    Kernel CPU:0.01289359%
    User CPU:0.01504252%
    Memory:356 KB
    libcef.dll (Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF) Dynamic Link Library)
    Total CPU:0.01251183%
    Kernel CPU:0.00707538%
    User CPU:0.00543645%
    CPU cycles:21,893/sec
    Context switches:1/sec
    Memory:24.09 MB
    ntdll.dll
    Total CPU:0.00132679%
    Kernel CPU:0.00117643%
    User CPU:0.00015036%
    CPU cycles:89,172/sec
    Context switches:1/sec
    Memory:1.23 MB

    Common loaded modules

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

    Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

    OS versiondistribution
    Microsoft Windows XP 23.75%
    Windows 7 Home Premium 22.50%
    Windows 7 Professional 10.00%
    Windows 7 Ultimate 8.75%
    Windows 8 Pro 8.75%
    Windows 8.1 5.00%
    Windows 8 5.00%
    Windows 8 Pro with Media Center 5.00%
    Windows 8.1 Pro 2.50%
    Windows Vista Home Basic 2.50%
    Windows 8 Single Language 1.25%
    Windows 8.1 Pro Preview with Media Center 1.25%
    Windows 7 Home Premium N 1.25%
    Windows Vista Business 1.25%
    Windows 8 Enterprise 1.25%

    Distribution by countryDistribution by country

    United States installs about 46.25% of Spotify.

    OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

    PC Manufacturerdistribution
    Dell 25.32%
    ASUS 15.19%
    Lenovo 15.19%
    Hewlett-Packard 11.39%
    Toshiba 7.59%
    Acer 6.33%
    Samsung 5.06%
    Intel 5.06%
    Gateway 5.06%
    MSI 2.53%
    Alienware 1.27%
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