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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



applemobiledeviceservice.exe (Apple Mobile Device Service)

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 7.59%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 2 MB


In addition to the file name, applemobiledeviceservice.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
Product contains:Apple Mobile Device Service
File name contains:\Apple\Mobile Device Support\

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


Vendor or Distributor's Web Site

http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/



Win Patrol

AppleMobileDeviceService.exe is a service for Apple Mobile Device, installed by Itunes 7.3, this also installs iPodService.exe, iTunesHelper.exe and qttask.exe.

applemobiledeviceservice.exe  is a user invoked program and a normal part of PC operations. No action required.

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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 applemobiledeviceservice.exe, we have detected more than 10 different MD5 hashes. Click on a hash to research the hash in Google.

Program Name MD5 Count
applemobiledeviceservice.exe> 10
MD5 Hashes
# MD5 Size
1 0xe4e3a862fee8061adc922a73b15800f3 104 KB
2 0x93f2dfbfb9e3099eb3638c0b4dc82469 104 KB
3 0xa905ea36cf8326665b0a51d8545d64c4 108 KB
4 0x9724912a7f39be237ed816061ddbce0a 164 KB
5 0x2acfc9242be81ae2356e14e5e05c02bb 104 KB
MD5 Hashes
# MD5 Size
6 0x69da2bb73ac426cdeebdacc68438ba3d 110592 bytes
7 0x8c34ffa452d0680ffaa02a6982a930b7 110592 bytes
8 0x1961cb10bb48eb4d97e37db6373e9e63 110592 bytes
9 0xc287e7da590cf072312f30567d793c2c 118784 bytes
10 0x5f8de9d041ed140612a4298185ab5272 118784 bytes

Match #2



applemobiledeviceservice.exe (AppleMobileDeviceService.exe)

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


In addition to the file name, applemobiledeviceservice.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 is not specified
Product is not specified
File name contains:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\AppleMobileDeviceService.exe

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




Win Patrol

AppleMobileDeviceService.exe -

applemobiledeviceservice.exe  is returning insufficient information about this program.

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.




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Tips from the Pit Crew

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Important Note

A file name alone may not be enough for positive identification. PC Pitstop's Overdrive tests and spyware scan use information such as the company name, product name, or install directory.

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