mDNSResponder.exe
Bonjour by Apple Computer
| Version: | 1,0,3,1 |
| MD5: | 73686fe0b2e0469f89fd2075be724704 |
| SHA1: | b491a92644f8321988381660433cfff09a9c626d |
| SHA256: | 4bc5bba7acb5bda77251b82b9cf16c6a9ebbcc29760860a0f37abddf9288143f |
What is mDNSResponder.exe?
Bonjour Service provides a general method to discover services on a local area network. The software is widely used throughout Mac OS, and allows users to set up a network without any configuration. It is used to find printers and file-sharing servers. iTunes uses Bonjour to find shared music, iPhoto to find shared photos. Bonjour for Windows and AirPort Base Stations may be configured to use Wide Area Bonjour which allows for wide area service discovery via a configured DNS server.
About mDNSResponder.exe (from Apple Computer)
“Bonjour, also known as zero-configuration networking, enables automatic discovery of computers, devices, and services on IP networks using industry standard IP protocols. It is a key component of Appl”
Details
| File name: | mdnsresponder.exe |
| Publisher: | Apple Computer, Inc. |
| Product name: | Bonjour |
| Description: | Bonjour Service |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\bonjour\mdnsresponder.exe |
| File version: | 1,0,3,1 |
| Size: | 224 KB (229,376 bytes) |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows Console |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
Bonjour Service provides a general method to discover services on a local area network. The software is widely used throughout Mac OS and Windows for iOS devices, and allows users to set up a network without any configuration. It is used to find printers and file-sharing servers. iTunes uses Bonjour to find shared music, iPhoto to find shared photos. Bonjour for Windows and AirPort Base Stations may be configured to use Wide Area Bonjou...
Bonjour Service provides a general method to discover services on a local area network including network printers. The software allows users to set up a network without any configuration. It is used to find printers and file-sharing servers. Bonjour for Windows and AirPort Base Stations may be configured to use Wide Area Bonjour which allows for wide area service discovery via a configured DNS server.
Bonjour Service provides a general method to discover services on a local area network including network printers. The software allows users to set up a network without any configuration. It is used to find printers and file-sharing servers. Bonjour for Windows and AirPort Base Stations may be configured to use Wide Area Bonjour which allows for wide area service discovery via a configured DNS server.
Behaviors
Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'Bonjour Service' (##Id_String1.6844F930_1628_4223_B5CC_5BB94B879762##)
Windows firewall allowed programs
Exceptions allow programs to access to the Internet through an outbound connections
- Firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Bonjour\mDNSResponder.exe'
- Firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Bonjour\mDNSResponder.exe'
Network connections
Access through an approved Windows firewall exception
[UDP] listens on port 5353
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00136457% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00070147% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00066310% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 1,282,799 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 11,648/sec | |
| Context switches: | 1/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 1.95 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 4.71 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 3.44 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 1.95 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 36.19 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 40.87 MB | |
| Working set: | 3.68 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 5.22 MB | |
| Page faults: | 2,579/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 23 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 0 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 462 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 7/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 5 | |
| Handles: | 116 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 4 | |
| GUI USER count: | 2 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 32-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\bonjour\mdnsresponder.exe" |
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | Bonjour Service |
| Display name: | ##Id_String1.6844F930_1628_4223_B5CC_5BB94B879762## |
| Description: | “##Id_String2.6844F930_1628_4223_B5CC_5BB94B879762##” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft) |
Threads
Averages
| mDNSResponder.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00205308% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00090782% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00114526% | |
| CPU cycles: | 38,870/sec | |
| Memory: | 348 KB | |
| ADVAPI32.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00006759% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00006759% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| CPU cycles: | 1,642/sec | |
| Memory: | 792 KB | |
| sechost.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00000791% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000791% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| CPU cycles: | 71/sec | |
| Memory: | 208 KB | |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Microsoft Windows XP |
55.56% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
14.81% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
12.96% |
|
| Windows Vista Ultimate |
11.11% |
|
| Windows Vista Business |
3.70% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
1.85% |
|
Distribution by country
Indonesia installs about 14.81% of Bonjour.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Compaq |
25.00% |
|
| Intel |
18.75% |
|
| Dell |
12.50% |
|
| Toshiba |
12.50% |
|
| ASUS |
12.50% |
|
| GIGABYTE |
6.25% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
6.25% |
|
| Acer |
6.25% |
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