How to remove iPodService error

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iPodService.exe file information

The process iPodService Module belongs to the software iTunes or iPod for Windows 2005-03- or iPod for Windows 2005-06- or iPod for Windows 2005-02- or DVD Solution or Home Cinema or CuteFTP 7 Professional or Porsche SportChrono or iPod for Windows 2005-01- or Undisker or SmartSound Quicktracks Plugin or iPod for Windows 2005-09- or iPodService Module or iPod for Windows 2005-10- or Revealing Archaeology or Knoll Light Factory or Mjuice Components or Able2Extract v or iPod for Windows 2005-11- or iPod for Windows 2006-01- or Creating Keepsakes Scrapbook or SimCity or USB Game Controller or iPod for Windows 2006-03- or Mozilla Firefox or GameTap or Space Synthesizer or Pinnacle MPEG Realtime Codec or iPod for Windows 2006-06- or ZyGoVideo or Mastering Edition or iPod Service or Fable - The Lost Chapters or Deal or No Deal or iPodService.exe by Apple Computer, Inc (www.apple.com) or Apple Inc.

Description: iPodService.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files" - mainly C:\Program Files\iPod\bin\. Known file sizes on Windows XP are 323,584 bytes (45% of all occurrence), 327,680 bytes, 492,608 bytes, 504,104 bytes, 331,776 bytes, 500,800 bytes, 451,136 bytes, 501,048 bytes, 401,408 bytes, 503,608 bytes, 501,312 bytes, 536,872 bytes, 417,792 bytes, 532,264 bytes, 405,504 bytes.
The program has no visible window. File iPodService.exe is not a Windows core file. Program can be uninstalled in the Control Panel. iPodService.exe is able to monitor applications. Therefore the technical security rating is 20% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.

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Important: Some malware camouflage themselves as iPodService.exe, particularly if they are located in c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Thus check the iPodService.exe process on your pc whether it is pest. We recommend Security Task Manager for verifying your computer's security. It is one of the Top Download Picks of 2005 of The Washington Post and PC World.

Links: iPodService.exe, iPodService.exe

related to ITunes install-any file that runs in the background on startup should only be essential, this attitude is why Vista can't run on 1GB RAM efficiently. Win2K shipped with 256MB and requires 750MB for "normal use, XP at lease 1GB, for Vista I rec. 2 GB...ridiculous amount of RAM
  Tidy Man  

Build up of similar background apps can ruin system performance. Small memory hog, otherwise don't sweat it if you enjoy using itunes.
   

I confirm the TASCAM 122 incompatibility.
  guitarjoe  

Conflicts with Might & Magic VI through VIII.
   

SAFE SAFE. Only leave it open if you have an iPod though. Otherwise, close and quarinteen. Non iPod users wont need this.
   

it wastes ram
   

apple should have a class action law suit filed against it! this is malware on my W2K machine! why should i have to go through this struggle to get rid of a memory hog that i did not ask for or agree to install!
  +ID  

To disable go to the iTunes main folder, find iTunes.exe, make a fresh new shortcut. Make sure iTunes is closed and iPodService.exe is disabled, and then delete the iPod folder in Program Files. Launch the new shortcut and you'll see that iTunes launches without iPodService.exe.
  joemama1969  

its a waste when you don't like MP3 music
  Roger Daltry  

The most harmless software on my pc = i've never seen it use any memory at all, then again, i wouldnt mind anyway. i do have an ipod, and without the process the auto sync and detection of the ipod doesnt take place. Good look - Disable if u dnt have a ipod as there is obviously no point u keeping it :^)
  freerider  

Needed to sync up with iPod. Useless if you don't own one.
  Cesar  

Only needed if you have an ipod so that iTunes will open. Otherwise it's a useless process that runs at startup. You can't disable the service using msconfig or services. iTunes will restart it next time you use the program and set it to manual. It will run every time you open iTunes and keep running even if you close iTunes. You have to end process with the task manager (ctrl/alt/delete). If you delete, rename, replace the file iTunes will reinstall the service.
  joemama1969  

If you simply go into windows services and either disable it or make it a manual start-up, itunes will re-enable it and ipodservice.exe and it will continue to start-up and run next time you startup your itunes, and this lame leach-app will continue to run even after you close itunes. Want to disable it al together? Download this no-nag, free software called CodeStuff Starter. Go into it's services tab, find ipodservice.exe, (it will probably show as currently running), right click it, select "Explore Service Registry key" and under "permissions" DENY all, especially SOFTAWARE OWNER,
  helper-hater   (further information)

2 versions exist. One is included with iTunes. The other is Malware. If the part labeled "pod" is in all caps, it's mailware. If its "Pod", it's Apple.
  PC Tech  

It is used for transferring files from itunes to ipod, u can stop it, it starts up again
  clarkeish  

slows down explorer.exe and other prodrams
  dennis  

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