PCCompanion.exe

Sony PC Companion by Sony Mobile Communications (Signed)

Remove PCCompanion.exe

Overview

pccompanion.exe has 3 known versions, the most recent one is 2.1.0. pccompanion.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. It also provides a graphical interface (GUI) for the user to interact with it and contains an icon in the Windows notifictaion system tray (near the clock). By adding a startup entry to the run registry key, the file will be executed when the user logs into Windows. The average file size is about 444.05 KB. It is an authenticode code-signed executable issued to Sony Mobile Communications by the certification authority VeriSign. The programs Sony PC Companion, Sony PC Companion 2.10.136 and Sony PC Companion 2.10.181 have been observed as installing specific variations of pccompanion.exe. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0019% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 22.13 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 48.12 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 3.48 KB per minute for reads and 650 Bytes per minute for writes.

DetailsDetails

File name:pccompanion.exe
Publisher:Sony
Product name:Sony PC Companion
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\sony\sony pc companion\pccompanion.exe
Certificate
Issued to:Sony Mobile Communications
Authority (CA):VeriSign

ResourcesPrograms installed in

(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of Sony PC Companion.)
Sony Corporation
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BehaviorsBehaviors

(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of pccompanion.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Startup files (user) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
  • 'Sony PC Companion' → "C:\Program Files\Sony\Sony PC Companion\PCCompanion.exe" /Background

VersionsAll file variations of pccompanion.exe

MD5SHA-1File size
5a576a22ec45b5311a5c00dbfef6f44a dd0fcd0dfc92e5377af0ec6ab6b4e5a81774a7bd 438.22 KB
ab8420d9eff346ddd72e9c985be2fc5b 903225fee4a6275e7a53837167935730bc7fb615 438.72 KB
206402023c2098917082b5f76f1b4f51 2fb7fa1ad1adeb46cb580292be2006439134c159 455.22 KB

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 8 Single Language 14.29%
Windows 7 Professional 14.29%
Windows 8 Pro 14.29%
Windows 8.1 Pro 7.14%
Windows 8.1 7.14%
Windows 7 Ultimate 7.14%
Windows 7 Home Premium 7.14%
Windows Vista Home Premium 7.14%
Microsoft Windows XP 7.14%
Windows 7 Home Basic 7.14%
Windows 8 7.14%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

India installs about 14.29% of Sony PC Companion.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Dell 23.53%
Hewlett-Packard 23.53%
Lenovo 11.76%
Toshiba 11.76%
Samsung 11.76%
GIGABYTE 11.76%
Acer 5.88%
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