SoftwareUpdate.exe
Apple Software Update by Apple Inc. (Signed)
Overview
softwareupdate.exe has 7 known versions, the most recent one is 2.1.3. softwareupdate.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. During installation the program adds a job to the Task Scheduler. The average file size is about 559.88 KB. It is an authenticode code-signed executable issued to Apple Inc. by the certification authority VeriSign. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is less than 0.01%, the average private memory consumption is about 10.55 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 17.47 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 7.95 KB per minute for reads and 12.4 KB per minute for writes.
What is softwareupdate.exe?
Software Update is a software tool by Apple Inc. that installs the latest version of Apple software on computers. A Windows version has been available since the introduction of iTunes 7, under the name Apple Software Update. Software Update automatically informs users of new updates. Apple software includes Safari, iTunes for Windows, Bonjour for Windows, and QuickTime for Windows.
About softwareupdate.exe (from Apple Inc.)
“On a Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, or Vista-based PC, you can use Apple Software Update for Windows to keep your Apple software up-to-date via the Internet. Apple software includes Safari, iTunes for Wi”
 Details
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| File name: | softwareupdate.exe |
| Publisher: | Apple Inc. |
| Product name: | Apple Software Update |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\apple software update\softwareupdate.exe |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Apple Inc. |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Tuesday, June 26, 2007 |
| Expiration date: | Friday, June 26, 2009 |
Programs installed in
(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of Apple Software Update.)
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With a Windows PC, you can use Apple Software Update for Windows to keep your Apple software up-to-date via the Internet. Apple software includes Safari, iTunes for Windows, Bonjour for Windows, and Q...
Apple's iTunes is a proprietary media player computer program, used for playing and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone and iPad....
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of softwareupdate.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Scheduled tasks
- The task '{025997B9-D40F-4339-917F-3C36E28A6852}' runs on registration in the path '\{025997B9-D40F-4339-917F-3C36E28A6852}'
- The task 'AppleSoftwareUpdate' runs weekly in the path 'C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\AppleSoftwareUpdate.job'
- Entry path 'C:\WINXP\Tasks\AppleSoftwareUpdate.job'
- Entry path 'C:\WINDOWS.0\Tasks\AppleSoftwareUpdate.job'
- Entry path 'C:\WINDOWS1.1\Tasks\AppleSoftwareUpdate.job'
- Entry path 'C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\AppleSoftwareUpdate.job'
- Entry path '\Apple\AppleSoftwareUpdate'
All file variations of softwareupdate.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
35.00% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
14.25% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
13.00% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premium |
7.50% |
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| Windows 8 Pro |
7.00% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
6.75% |
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| Windows 8 |
4.50% |
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| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
3.75% |
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| Windows XP Home Edition |
1.25% |
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| Windows Vista Home Basic |
1.00% |
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| Windows 7 Home Basic |
1.00% |
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| Windows Vista Ultimate |
0.75% |
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| Windows 7 Enterprise |
0.75% |
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| Windows 8 Enterprise |
0.50% |
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| Windows 7 Starter |
0.50% |
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| Windows Vista Business |
0.50% |
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| Windows Seven Black Edition |
0.25% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro Preview with Media Center |
0.25% |
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| Windows 7 Home Premium N |
0.25% |
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| Windows 8 Pro N |
0.25% |
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| Windows XP Professional |
0.25% |
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| 24 other Windows OS version |
Distribution by country
United States installs about 54.81% of Apple Software Update.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
22.81% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
18.71% |
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| Toshiba |
16.37% |
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| Acer |
10.53% |
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| Sony |
8.77% |
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| ASUS |
8.19% |
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| Intel |
3.51% |
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| Lenovo |
3.51% |
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| GIGABYTE |
1.75% |
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| MSI |
1.75% |
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| Alienware |
0.88% |
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| American Megatrends |
0.88% |
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| Samsung |
0.88% |
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| Apple |
0.58% |
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| Gateway |
0.58% |
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| Sahara |
0.29% |
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