SpotifyWebHelper.exe
Spotify by Spotify AB (Signed)
Overview
spotifywebhelper.exe has 18 known versions, the most recent one is 0.9.10.22. 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 1.08 MB. It is an authenticode code-signed executable issued to Spotify AB by the certification authority COMODO CA Limited. Numerous variations of spotifywebhelper.exe have been installed with both Equalify v2.2.1 (Stable) and Spotify. 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 2.48 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 6.46 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 44 Bytes per minute for reads and 2 Bytes per minute for writes.
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 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,”
Details |
File name: | spotifywebhelper.exe |
Publisher: | Spotify Ltd |
Product name: | Spotify |
Description: | SpotifyWebHelper |
Typical file path: | C:\users\user\appdata\roaming\spotify\data\spotifywebhelper.exe |
Certificate |
Issued to: | Spotify AB |
Authority (CA): | COMODO CA Limited |
Effective date: | Thursday, September 27, 2012 |
Expiration date: | Monday, September 28, 2015 |
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 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 Home Premium |
30.82% |
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Windows 7 Ultimate |
14.38% |
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Windows 8 Pro |
9.59% |
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Microsoft Windows XP |
8.90% |
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Windows 8 |
6.16% |
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Windows Vista Home Premium |
5.48% |
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Windows 7 Professional |
5.48% |
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Windows Vista Business |
4.11% |
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Windows 8.1 |
3.42% |
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Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
3.42% |
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Windows 8.1 Pro |
1.37% |
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Windows 8 Single Language |
1.37% |
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Windows 7 Home Basic |
1.37% |
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Windows 8.1 Pro Preview with Media Center |
1.37% |
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Windows 7 Home Premium N |
1.37% |
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Windows Vista Home Basic |
0.68% |
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Windows 8 Enterprise |
0.68% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 50.68% of Spotify.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
PC Manufacturer | distribution |
Dell |
26.57% |
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Hewlett-Packard |
20.98% |
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Lenovo |
15.38% |
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Acer |
10.49% |
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ASUS |
8.39% |
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Toshiba |
8.39% |
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MSI |
4.20% |
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Samsung |
2.80% |
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Intel |
2.80% |
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