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4cfcd 9.09%
b7488 21.21%
61350 3.03%
5c3a2 3.03%
330f7 57.58%
9c2fe 3.03%
62bf8 3.03%
(Note, Spotify AB publishes each variation of this file with the same version, but the hashes are unique.)

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advapi32.dll
RegCreateKeyExW, ConvertSidToStringSidW, GetCurrentHwProfileW, RegCloseKey, RegDeleteKeyW, RegDeleteValueW, RegSetValueExW, RegQueryValueExW, RegOpenKeyExW, LookupAccountNameW
crypt32.dll
CryptUnprotectData, CryptProtectData
gdi32.dll
CreateDIBSection
kernel32.dll
GetModuleHandleW, InterlockedDecrement, InterlockedIncrement, SetEnvironmentVariableA, CreateThread, GetLastError, CloseHandle, WaitForSingleObject, GetExitCodeThread, SetThreadPriority, IsDebuggerPresent, RaiseException, GetFileAttributesW, CreateFileW, ReadFile, SetFilePointer, WriteFile, GetDiskFreeSpaceExW, FlushFileBuffers, DeleteFileW, GetSystemTime, SystemTimeToFileTime, SetFileTime, GetFileTime, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, GetFileSize, SetEndOfFile, CreateDirectoryW, RemoveDirectoryW, MoveFileExW, FindFirstFileW, FindNextFileW, FormatMessageA, CreateProcessW, GetProcAddress, GetModuleHandleA, GetCurrentThreadId, TerminateProcess, GetCurrentProcess, ExitProcess, LocalFree, CopyFileExW, GetCurrentProcessId, LoadLibraryA, GetComputerNameW, VerSetConditionMask, VerifyVersionInfoW, GetVersionExW, GetNativeSystemInfo, GetSystemPowerStatus, GetTickCount, WideCharToMultiByte, MultiByteToWideChar, CompareStringW, QueryPerformanceCounter, EnterCriticalSection, LeaveCriticalSection, InitializeCriticalSection, DeleteCriticalSection, GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo, GetStdHandle, SetConsoleTextAttribute, WriteConsoleA, FindClose, QueryPerformanceFrequency, OutputDebugStringA, GetTempPathW, GlobalLock, GlobalUnlock, GlobalAlloc, GlobalMemoryStatusEx, GlobalFree, GetModuleFileNameW, ExpandEnvironmentStringsW, GetVersion, DeviceIoControl, Sleep, SetEvent, CreateEventW, InterlockedCompareExchange, InterlockedExchange, TzSpecificLocalTimeToSystemTime, FileTimeToSystemTime, SystemTimeToTzSpecificLocalTime, UnhandledExceptionFilter, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, EncodePointer, DecodePointer, GetCommandLineA, HeapSetInformation, GetStartupInfoW, HeapFree, HeapAlloc, HeapReAlloc, FileTimeToLocalFileTime, GetDriveTypeW, FindFirstFileExW, GetTimeZoneInformation, GetLocaleInfoW, GetModuleFileNameA, FreeEnvironmentStringsW, GetEnvironmentStringsW, SetHandleCount, InitializeCriticalSectionAndSpinCount, GetFileType, TlsAlloc, TlsGetValue, TlsSetValue, TlsFree, SetLastError, GetCurrentThread, HeapCreate, HeapDestroy, GetCPInfo, GetACP, GetOEMCP, IsValidCodePage, LCMapStringW, HeapSize, SetConsoleCtrlHandler, FatalAppExitA, GetUserDefaultLCID, GetLocaleInfoA, EnumSystemLocalesA, IsValidLocale, GetStringTypeW, GetFullPathNameW, GetFileInformationByHandle, PeekNamedPipe, GetCurrentDirectoryW, SetCurrentDirectoryW, LoadLibraryW, FreeLibrary, RtlUnwind, GetConsoleCP, GetConsoleMode, SetStdHandle, GetProcessHeap, WriteConsoleW, GetFullPathNameA, VirtualQuery
libcef.dll
cef_browser_host_create_browser, cef_task_runner_get_for_current_thread, cef_task_runner_get_for_thread, cef_string_utf16_cmp, cef_string_utf8_to_utf16, cef_string_list_copy, cef_browser_host_create_browser_sync, cef_string_utf8_clear, cef_string_utf16_to_utf8, cef_string_multimap_free, cef_string_userfree_utf16_free, cef_string_multimap_alloc, cef_string_utf16_set, cef_request_create, cef_list_value_create, cef_process_message_create, cef_v8value_create_string, cef_v8value_create_double, cef_v8value_create_null, cef_string_list_free, cef_v8value_create_bool, cef_v8value_create_function, cef_v8value_create_object, cef_string_list_alloc, cef_v8value_create_undefined, cef_v8value_create_int, cef_v8value_create_date, cef_v8value_create_uint, cef_v8value_create_array, cef_add_web_plugin_path, cef_currently_on, cef_launch_process, cef_execute_process, cef_string_utf16_clear, cef_add_web_plugin_directory, cef_now_from_system_trace_time, cef_set_osmodal_loop, cef_initialize, cef_clear_cross_origin_whitelist, cef_get_geolocation, cef_unregister_internal_web_plugin, cef_get_trace_buffer_percent_full_async, cef_get_path, cef_api_hash, cef_remove_cross_origin_whitelist_entry, cef_begin_tracing, cef_post_delayed_task, cef_clear_scheme_handler_factories, cef_parse_url, cef_force_web_plugin_shutdown, cef_create_url, cef_add_cross_origin_whitelist_entry, cef_quit_message_loop, cef_register_web_plugin_crash, cef_register_scheme_handler_factory, cef_is_web_plugin_unstable, cef_register_extension, cef_remove_web_plugin_path, cef_post_task, cef_run_message_loop, cef_visit_web_plugin_info, cef_end_tracing_async, cef_shutdown, cef_refresh_web_plugins, cef_string_map_value, cef_string_map_append, cef_string_multimap_key, cef_string_multimap_append, cef_string_multimap_size, cef_string_map_key, cef_string_list_value, cef_string_map_size, cef_string_list_append, cef_string_list_size, cef_string_multimap_value, cef_post_data_create, cef_dictionary_value_create, cef_binary_value_create, cef_post_data_element_create, cef_command_line_create, cef_string_map_free, cef_string_map_alloc, cef_command_line_get_global, cef_v8context_get_entered_context, cef_v8context_in_context, cef_v8context_get_current_context, cef_v8stack_trace_get_current, cef_response_create, cef_do_message_loop_work
ole32.dll
CoCreateInstance, CoInitialize, CoCreateGuid, CoTaskMemFree
shell32.dll
SHGetFolderPathW, ShellExecuteW, DragQueryFileW
shlwapi.dll
StrStrIW
user32.dll
CloseClipboard, EmptyClipboard, SetClipboardData, MessageBoxW, GetActiveWindow, LoadStringW, GetLastInputInfo, GetClipboardData, MessageBoxA, OpenClipboard, ReleaseDC, GetDC, GetSystemMetrics
wininet.dll
InternetQueryOptionA
winmm.dll
timeGetTime, timeEndPeriod, timeBeginPeriod

spotifyhelper.exe

By Spotify AB (Signed)

Remove spotifyhelper.exe
MD5:   4cfcd3f168f5333ffdd44bc64491a267
SHA1:   e76d8b80c51453da437ea599acdb4a5ea8d3b3ce
SHA256:   d00e86567e11eb264c1c39c48cf99e5f215d41b84fe4f44f676c39657659ef65

Overview

spotifyhelper.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges typically within the context of its parent spotify.exe (Spotify by Spotify AB). The file is digitally signed by Spotify AB which was issued by the COMODO CA Limited certificate authority (CA).

DetailsDetails

File name:spotifyhelper.exe
Typical file path:C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application data\spotify\data\spotifyhelper.exe
Size:509 KB (521,216 bytes)
Build date:10/1/2013 1:41 PM
Certificate
Issued to:Spotify AB
Authority (CA):COMODO CA Limited
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:Windows GUI
File packed:No
.NET CLR:No
More details

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.05545052%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.01083399%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.04461653%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:891 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
Context switches:24/sec
284/sec
Memory
Private memory:22.28 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):25.75 MB
Private (minimum):14.84 MB
Non-paged memory:22.28 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:144.68 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):149.14 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:17.35 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):30.86 MB
37.95 MB
Resource allocations
Threads:9
12
Handles:114
600
GUI GDI count:34
103
GUI GDI peak:11
142
GUI USER count:5
49
GUI USER peak:4
71

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:Undefined
Platform:32-bit
Command lines:
  • "C:\users\user\appdata\roaming\spotify\data\spotifyhelper.exe" --type=renderer --js-flags=--harmony-proxies --no-sandbox --lang=en-us --lang=en-us --log-severity=disable --channel="3052.0.303481735\529733478" /prefetcC:673131151
  • "C:\users\user\appdata\roaming\spotify\data\spotifyhelper.exe" --type=renderer --js-flags=--harmony-proxies --no-sandbox --lang=en-us --lang=en-us --log-severity=disable --channel="3052.1.554479993\784130372" /prefetcC:673131151
  • "C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application data\spotify\data\spotifyhelper.exe" --type=gpu-process --channel="2576.4.987881962\1772220843" --no-sandbox --lang=en-us --log-severity=disable --supports-dual-gpus=false --gpu-vendor-id=0x8086 --gpu-device-id=0x29c2 --gpu-driver-vendor="intel corporation" --gpu-driver-version=10.4.0.1839 --lang=en-us --log-severity=disable /prefetcC:822062411
  • "C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application data\spotify\data\spotifyhelper.exe" --type=renderer --js-flags=--harmony-proxies --no-sandbox --lang=en-us --lang=en-us --log-severity=disable --disable-accelerated-2d-canvas --disable-accelerated-video-decode --channel="2576.0.581210598\1706332162" /prefetcC:673131151
  • "C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application data\spotify\data\spotifyhelper.exe" --type=renderer --js-flags=--harmony-proxies --no-sandbox --lang=en-us --lang=en-us --log-severity=disable --disable-accelerated-2d-canvas --disable-accelerated-video-decode --channel="2576.3.1808665174\1922090662" /prefetcC:673131151
  • "C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application data\spotify\data\spotifyhelper.exe" --type=renderer --js-flags=--harmony-proxies --no-sandbox --lang=en-us --lang=en-us --log-severity=disable --disable-accelerated-2d-canvas --disable-accelerated-video-decode --channel="2576.1.1011599443\56859205" /prefetcC:673131151
  • "C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application data\spotify\data\spotifyhelper.exe" --type=renderer --js-flags=--harmony-proxies --no-sandbox --lang=en-us --lang=en-us --log-severity=disable --disable-accelerated-2d-canvas --disable-accelerated-video-decode --channel="2576.2.2094850367\42294578" /prefetcC:673131151
  • (7 more)
Owner:User
Parent process:spotify.exe (Spotify by Spotify AB)

ResourcesThreads

Averages
 
SpotifyHelper.exe (main module)
Total CPU:0.30166130%
0.272967%
Kernel CPU:0.19972145%
0.107585%
User CPU:0.10193985%
0.165382%
CPU cycles:10,667/sec
5,741,424/sec
Context switches:9/sec
79/sec
Memory:540 KB
1.16 MB
libcef.dll (Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF) Dynamic Link Library)
Total CPU:0.01948226%
Kernel CPU:0.01217641%
User CPU:0.00730585%
Context switches:7/sec
Memory:33.29 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
Windows 8.1 45.45%
Windows 7 Ultimate 18.18%
Windows 7 Home Premium 18.18%
Windows 7 Professional 9.09%
Windows 8.1 Pro 6.06%
Microsoft Windows XP 3.03%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 42.42% of spotifyhelper.exe.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
ASUS 35.90%
Lenovo 30.77%
Alienware 12.82%
Dell 10.26%
Samsung 5.13%
Acer 2.56%
Hewlett-Packard 2.56%
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