Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
Additional versions
| 1,750,24,0 |
4.76% |
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| 1,750,24,0 |
0.95% |
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| 1,630,18,0 |
56.19% |
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| 1,630,18,0 |
4.76% |
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| 1,630,17,0 |
15.24% |
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| 1,630,17,0 |
0.95% |
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| 1,630,16,0 |
9.52% |
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| 1,630,16,0 |
0.95% |
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| 1,630,16,0 |
6.67% |
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Relationships
Parent processes
Child process
 PE file structure
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Show functions |
Import table
corefoundation.dll
DllMain
kernel32.dll
TerminateProcess, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, GetCurrentProcessId, GetCurrentThreadId, GetCurrentProcess, QueryPerformanceCounter, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, InterlockedCompareExchange, Sleep, InterlockedExchange, UnhandledExceptionFilter, GetTickCount, IsDebuggerPresent
msvcr80.dll
DllMain
distnoted.exe
distnoted by Apple Inc. (Signed)
| Version: | 1,630,16,0 |
| MD5: | e794ae1d04fc098011ca5700f18d4840 |
| SHA1: | 8d003ab6cb6dd8bac37679f38c3b502e0fa0fedb |
| SHA256: | 8d1cce004bafc28f64dc7b83026f413f6aceb2b56c19f82992a4e53776bc85a4 |
What is distnoted.exe?
Provides distributed notifications services.
Overview
distnoted.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges typically within the context of its parent
applemobiledevicehelper.exe (by Apple). It is installed with a couple of know programs including Apple Application Support published by Apple Inc., Safari from Apple Inc. and Safari by Apple Inc.. The file is digitally signed by Apple Inc. which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | distnoted.exe |
| Publisher: | Apple Inc. |
| Product name: | distnoted |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\common files\apple\apple application support\distnoted.exe |
| File version: | 1,630,16,0 |
| Size: | 13.39 KB (13,712 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Apple Inc. |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows Console |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C++ 8.0 |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
Apple Application Support is required to run iTunes, QuickTime and other Apple installed products (do not remove this if you use any of these programs). If you remove this program you will need to reinstall it in order for iTunes to load. The program is also used to connect iTunes to the various iOS devices such as the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.
Safari is a web browser developed by Apple Inc. It is based on the WebKit engine, which is a fork of KDE's KHTML engine. Safari has a number of features. Some are specific to certain operating systems or platforms.
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00009839% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00004280% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00005559% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 42 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 32,072/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 1.66 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 3.78 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 2.78 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 1.66 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 73.63 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 74.25 MB | |
| Working set: | 3.27 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 5.51 MB | |
| Page faults: | 2,858/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 53 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 4 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 2/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 2 | |
| Handles: | 108 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 4 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 4 | |
| GUI USER count: | 1 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 1 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | Medium |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\common files\apple\apple application support\distnoted.exe" |
| Owner: | User |
| Parent processes: |
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Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
37.50% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
15.38% |
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| Windows 8 Pro |
9.62% |
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| Windows 8 |
8.65% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premium |
7.69% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
6.73% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
4.81% |
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| Windows Vista Home Basic |
2.88% |
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| Windows 7 Enterprise |
1.92% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro |
0.96% |
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| Windows 8.1 Single Language |
0.96% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
0.96% |
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| Windows Vista Business |
0.96% |
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| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
0.96% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 54.90% of distnoted.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Hewlett-Packard |
24.29% |
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| Dell |
17.14% |
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| Toshiba |
14.29% |
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| ASUS |
14.29% |
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| Acer |
12.86% |
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| Sony |
5.71% |
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| GIGABYTE |
4.29% |
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| NEC |
2.86% |
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| Intel |
2.86% |
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| American Megatrends |
1.43% |
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