| All comments about iTunesHelper.exe: |
 BUD | Helper Module for ITunes, Think u have to be patient with this File. Maybe it´s Dangerous |
 Satch | It isn't dangerous! |
| Tom | I doubt it's dangerous, but it keeps trying to access the internet, even when all iTunes internet prefs are turned off. Very annoying if you don't have administrative control over your own firewall. |
| Gem | This is a helper module for the iTunes program, allowing you to set iTunes to start when you plug in your iPod. It isn't a dangerous file. If disabled or deleted from the registry it will reinitialize itself after iTunes runs a few times. See also: Link |
| Nidonocu | Performs background functions such as providing communication with docked iPod's and preloads files to help iTunes start faster. See also: Link |
| miejas | iTunes related executable, harmless |
| Pab89 | Simple helper module. No risk. |
| doo | it seems to let you remain connected to PC (charging) while be able to use the ipod. Very convenient for me, as a/c adapter is elsewhere. |
| | monitors for iPod connections, helps iTunes start faster |
| Name | If you use iTunes (not Quick Time only), dont delete it. See also: Link |
| Martin | It belongs to iTunes and it is required if you use iTunes and iPod. (Thats why I hate Apple) |
 Lkm | It was causing me the -36 error when uploading songs into my ipod.. I disabled it and have no problem.. this program can be disabled and itunes and my ipod finally work.. I dunno what this programs intentions are but if you are frustrated by your ipod not working I suggest disbabling it! |
| Dude | Probably needed for iTunes. I was able to stop it from loading at Windows boot by removing the entry from the startup list in MSCONFIG (run from "run" box). iTunes still starts (probably loads it as needed). |
| kk | it runs when im not running itunes at all so it must be spyware. takes up a lot of space. |
| J. Donato | Being a resident file it may slow your boot up process, however, it is needed for the proper operation of IPod in ITunes. Don't think this is bad enough to hate Apple... |
| T-Man | Not Dangerous but stops other programs ie. winamp from Accessing iPod I tunes can be a royal pain but it may be a sleeper mp3 star in the future |
| Paul | It also helps stream files over the home network a quicker. Maybe its also a buffer type thing or something. See also: Link |
 charles britley | proven malicious file; associated with malware |
| ts | It accesses the internet everytime I boot or wake up my pc. The only reason I can think of is to send usage statistics & maybe even song lists to Apple. Very similar to the way RealPlayer acts as spyware. |
 Mike | I've never run Itunes althought it did come with the computer and it is already there.. However, it doesn't use much system resources when itunes isn't running |
| Neal | It'ds from Apple not Microsoft or any other dubious software developer. Safe and functional for iTunes iPod owners. |
| Nick | This file is useless if you don't have an ipod, all you have to do is turn iTunes off, kill the process and delete the exe file, you can also delete the entire iPod folder and get rid of that service as well ... so stupid that these run if you dont even use an iPod ... should be optional for sure, shame on Apple. |
| Samantha | COMPLETELY safe, required for iTunes, runs in background, harmless little thing! |
| William Pera | This crapy file may lower your computer, because it uses RAM. Why you need it if you don't have an iPod? It's horrible! |
| Jim Stewart | This file automatically starts iTunes when you dock your iPod. iTunes will still run without it. |
| Joe | I've never had anything related to itunes on my pc but this file runs on startup! |
| | Found PC crashed alot with it (WinXP SP2) |
| dox22 | Itunes load my memory with programs that trying access internet all the time!!!!, probably spyware. |
| thecreaser | File was installed by a new iPod installation. Not malicious. |
| Slavik81 | Apparently, though, even if you delete it, it will regenerate itself after you've run iTunes a few times even if you do delete it. |
| Sohel | I never had an iPod, never did anything to do with iTunes yet this runs on my system and so does iPodService.exe - maybe some spyware uses the same name?? |
| | Installed when installing IPOD |
| | runs while itunes isnt in use and uses up to 11mb of ram space - definetly malware |
| Mediarocker - IT Administrator | This file is used by iTunes to monitor hard drive conditions and to keep track of the songs you have ordered by itunes and have imported into itunes. this prevents itunes from forgetting where the file is located when it has been moved. this program is a resource hog at times but is not at all dangerous. just end it if you want some extra memory. it is not required to start up iTunes from my tests. |
| | An iTunes service, much like the Windows Firewall service |
| Jamie McGlynn | This process, probably acts as a SPEED BOOST when you start iTunes, Acrobat 7 uses a similar procedure. What may be a good idea is to first try without it (stoppable via MMC), then try with it running. |
| Omar | Not harmless at all, does NOT load any programs into memory. If you do not have an ipod you can disable this file in msconfig :) |
| Techwre Computer Consultations | A) It isn't Dangerous. B) If you own an iPod and want the convience of iTunes opening automatically, then leave this process running. C) Even if you own an iPod it is NOT needed. D) You can still access your iPod throw iTUnes by just starting iTunes. D) Its not worth the memory it uses all the time for just a small convince. |
| Mediarocker543 | Not spyware. Used by iTunes to keep hard drive space statistics correct when iTunes is not loaded. |
| SanjiCard | Teil des iPod/iTunes-Connectors, völlig ungefährlich, braucht man nur bei Nutzung eines iPods |
| Apacheizm23 | I Have it, and its use is simply 4 when you connect your iPod Itunes opens and sets it selff up,THATS IT...:) |
| Tootsie | It's perfectly safe. But I don't know it's specific function(s). I don't like that it does eat RAM though. But it won't harm your computer or send any information about you out. don't worry about that! |
 weevil | quite safe for apple computers, relatively safe for windows. just a memory eater. utterly useless without an ipod |
| stephen glencross | its a very none harmful thing!. dont listen to these people |
| RedSid | It's TOTALLY useless! |
| mbrice | Background service to detect iPods as they are connected. Uses about 1.8MB of ram. The connections to the internet may be to ensure the iPod software is up to date, but i've never had any random connections on my test machines (in which I tested 5 machines for AppleDefects.com). Purely Harmless. |
| NB | Harmless, not spyware, just a program linked with iTunes and your precious iPod... |
| Adrian | Came unsolicited along with a QuickTime "update". Should not be dangerous, but I strongly detest the practice to pack uninvited and unexplained RAM and CPU consumers with "good stuff"! |
| | it's a piece of crap. It's jsut Quick Time trying to take over your computer, like Real Player does. I would like to keep it from starting up since I don't know how. |
| stghm | A reason why you should use winamp instead. |
| robert stacey | it screws up my computer See also: Link |
| | If it is running from your iTunes install directory (C:\Program Files\iTunes), it will just be the meta helper for iTunes. If you don't have and have never had iTunes, check it out. |
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