How to remove iPodService error

iPodService.exe file information

The process iPodService Module belongs to the software iTunes or iPod for Windows 2005-02- or iPod for Windows 2005-03- or iPod for Windows 2005-06- 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 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 323584 bytes (46% of all occurrence), 327680 bytes, 492608 bytes, 331776 bytes, 500800 bytes, 451136 bytes, 401408 bytes, 501048 bytes, 504104 bytes, 503608 bytes, 501312 bytes, 417792 bytes, 405504 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 22% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.

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

this service hogs cpu - it isn't a ram issue, nor a virus - disable it via admin tools
  magilla  

an unneeded service written by sub-par programmers.
  asdf  

Apparantly, you're not allowed to update your iPod without it :(
  blust  

i disabled it at startup, plugged my ipod in and nothing happened (normally my itunes will open up automatically). so i think what this thing does is that it starts up when windows starts, searches for an ipod and when it finds one, opens up itunes so it can automatically sync with your ipod. when i went in manually into itunes, it started to sync automatically. i was also able to eject it and keep it charging without the itunes. it's not harmless and there's no point getting rid of it (i read that it just keeps reinstating itself) but i will keep it from disabling in my startup anyways.
  jeannie  

iPodService.exe is a Windows executable which allows iTunes (win) to interface correctly with iPods.
  Mark   (further information)

Stupid ram eater get rid of it! Go to add/remove programs and delete ipod updater. =)
  Siddhartha  

Process used with iPod
   

Atrocious process user, the REASON why Ipod's suck is for the need of proprietary programs and services. thats why i bought a much better Creative Zen vision M :D
  D.R.  

I've designed a way to stop ipodservice.exe and ituneshelper for good. First close iTunes and then kill the ipodservice and ituneshelper tasks in the task manager. Then go to where your ipodservice.exe files is (usually c:\program files\ipod\bin) and highlight the ipodservice.exe file and press F2 so that it's in rename mode. Hit Ctrl-C so that you've copied the name. Now delete the file (shift-delete) so that it doesn't go into the recycle bin. Then go into your c:\windows\system32 folder and copy net.exe and paste it into your ipodservice folder. Then rename it to iPodService.exe.
  DD  

Opens itunes when ipod is plugged in, not harmful but can be a ram eater
  Chris  

none of these fixes seemed to work so I finally created a new text file "C:\Program files\iPod\bin\iPodService.exe" and renamed the real one to "C:\Program files\iPod\bin\iPodService_.exe". This seems to work. I can see in Sysinternals Process Explorer that iTunes.exe has stopped opening iPodService
  scott  

Very annoying. Can't be disdabled in Quicktime. One of the complete useless processes shown in Taskmanager.
  Bert  

iPodservice.exe is used by iTunes to interact with your iPod. It can be used to retrieve information such as the iPod's name, version, and provides necessary information to upgrade and other tasks.
   

Ive tried to delete ipodservice.exe, but then iTunes won't work. Funny enough, they say at their website you can just delete it if you dont have an ipod, but you can't. It wont let iTunes work without it, so it might be spyware.
  Tash  

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