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(Note, Spotify Ltd publishes each variation of this file with the same version, but the hashes are unique.)
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SpotifyWebHelper.exe
By Spotify Ltd (Signed)
Overview
SpotifyWebHelper.exe has 5 known versions, the most recent one is . SpotifyWebHelper.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. 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 1.09 MB. It is an authenticode code-signed executable issued to Spotify Ltd by the certification authority 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 0.0003% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 2.26 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 4.19 MB and typical read I/O operations are around 17 Bytes per minute.
What is SpotifyWebHelper.exe?
This is the embedded web browser (Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox) add-in of Spotify that detects when a user clicks on a spotify music link on the web and then openes the Spotify desktop program. Users can access applications integrated in the Spotify desktop client, written in HTML5. Spotify is a Swedish music streaming service offering digitally restricted streaming of selected music from a range of major and independent record labels.
About SpotifyWebHelper.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: | SpotifyWebHelper.exe |
Typical file path: | C:\users\user\appdata\roaming\spotify\data\spotifywebhelper.exe |
Certificate |
Issued to: | Spotify Ltd |
Authority (CA): | The USERTRUST Network |
Programs installed in
(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of SpotifyWebHelper.exe.)
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 SpotifyWebHelper.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Startup files (user) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'Spotify Web Helper' → "C:\users\user\appdata\Roaming\Spotify\Data\SpotifyWebHelper.exe"
All file variations of SpotifyWebHelper.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
OS version | distribution |
Windows 7 Ultimate |
63.64% |
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Windows 8 |
22.73% |
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Windows 8 Pro |
9.09% |
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Microsoft Windows XP |
4.55% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 71.43% of SpotifyWebHelper.exe.