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More than one possible match was found; all matches are listed below in order of their prevalence. This only tells you what the file and the correct action might be.

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Match #1



applemobiledevicehelper.exe (AppleMobileDeviceHelper.exe)

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.15%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 11 MB


In addition to the file name, applemobiledevicehelper.exe, the following version information is used to identify the file. If the file does not match this information, it may be a different file. To ensure the file is absolutely correct, run a free and comprehensive scan.

Vendor contains:Apple Inc.
Product is not specified
File name contains:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\AppleMobileDeviceHelper.exe

To view version information with Windows Explorer, right-click the file and click Properties, Version.




Win Patrol

AppleMobileDeviceHelper.exe -

applemobiledevicehelper.exe  is returning insufficient information about this program.

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Match #2



applemobiledevicehelper.exe (AppleMobileDeviceHelper)

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.00%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 22 MB


In addition to the file name, applemobiledevicehelper.exe, the following version information is used to identify the file. If the file does not match this information, it may be a different file. To ensure the file is absolutely correct, run a free and comprehensive scan.

Product contains:AppleMobileDeviceHelper
File name contains:\Apple\Mobile Device Support\bin\

To view version information with Windows Explorer, right-click the file and click Properties, Version.



Detailed Description and/or Removal Instructions

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=4929435


Win Patrol

AppleMobileDeviceHelper.exe - AppleMobileDeviceHelper allows you connect to your Iphone.
If you only use iTunes with iPod, then you may want uninstall it.
Go to Control Panel / Programs / Uninstall a Program / click on the Apple Mobile Device program and hit uninstall.
Many users are having issues with AppleMobileDeviceHelper, after load Itunes it just report a error and closes.
You may want take a look in the Apple Support.

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1354642&tstart=0

applemobiledevicehelper.exe  uses excessive system and memory resources with no corresponding benefit. Applications such as these should be disabled to improve overall system performance.

PC Pitstop recommends WinPatrol Plus for monitoring all of the background activity on your PC. WinPatrol Plus provides an easy to understand descriptions of over 15,000 processes and programs.


MD5 hashes is the way that computers can define the uniqueness of a file. Anti malware vendors frequently use this technique to detect and clean malware. It is common for a program to have multiple MD5 hashes as the developers create newer versions of the program. For the program called applemobiledevicehelper.exe, we have detected more than 10 different MD5 hashes. Click on a hash to research the hash in Google.

Program Name MD5 Count
applemobiledevicehelper.exe> 10
MD5 Hashes
# MD5 Size
1 0xc93fff3cb05668cb9bab8d0fe7fcc5c1 145 KB
2 0x5f984c681eea922c4711e3b4a7fbd212 137 KB
3 0x3284c87800509d95e0174c5a96bc305d 145 KB
4 0x1033cfd72852c1dd1dfbc605358b17d5 137 KB
5 0xa285534af3435721d87b4e712f0d971c 145 KB
MD5 Hashes
# MD5 Size
6 0x292e66ea90dd643e58efd68b0df72600 149360 bytes
7 0xd51bbf38a4003dbac320312972ee5d2a 149360 bytes
8 0x96a1feb7cca26e6a78d3d9571bd5f938 153984 bytes
9 0xa3d57aae154906a4dda4c3d9776ccf1b 153984 bytes
10 0x87c188129fd251222ceeef9ac8e62564 231616 bytes


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Tips from the Pit Crew

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