Purpose of apsdaemon.exe:
apsdaemon.exe task purpose and description:
APSDaemon.exe is a file that you most likely installed yourself on your computer. The exact disk location is also shown below to verfiy it is not spyware, as many spyware programs use similiar names and just locate them elsewhere on your hard drive. Always check the proper disk location of your programs if you are suspicious. This APSDaemon.exe file is installed with ITunes and it is from Apple and is part of their Ipod, Iphone, and Ipad related utilities that will run during your system startup. You may also see ituneshelper.exe and AppleSyncNotifier.exe along with this apsdaemon.exe file. It is not required to be in your startup so you can kill this task in your tasklist if you wish if you are not currently using Itunes. This file is not considered to be spyware, virus, or adware related software. (See the details below for the actual location of this file.)
Actual process or task name: (You can view alphabetical task list here)
apsdaemon.exe
File type:
This is an executable program
Where is this file and folder located on my computer?
This file is found at C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\AppleSyncNotifier.exe
General information:
Be aware that many tasks will be similiar names to existing tasks or processes.
You can always view the running tasks on your computer by pressing ctrl-alt-del to view the windows
"task manager", and then view the "processes" tab. This will show you all tasks running or currently active
on your PC. Although this shows you all running tasks, it does not show dll file thats are loaded, as they
get loaded as part of other processes. Many spyware writers attempt to hide their files
on your computer, for example, apsdaemon.exe may be intentionally misspelled to look like a similiar task, or spyware may be named very
similiar to a Windows system task. The reason they do this is so you cannot easily recognize the name in your tasklist
as I have mentioned above. Make sure always check the location of the file if you are concerned.
You can always find the location of apsdaemon.exe on your computer by using your Windows search options, but
I will also try to list the file location of every file described on this website, so you can verify the correct location. You can view the entire tasklist directory with the link below.
View entire task list here!
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