Sony PC Companion

Sony PC Companion

by Sony Corporation

What is Sony PC Companion?

Sony PC Companion is software application developed by Sony Corporation. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 61.78% of installations running this operating system. Sony PC Companion's installer is typically 110.00 MB in size and installs around 88 files. The most common release is 2.10.297 with 25.08% of all installations currently using this version.

Sony PC Companion is most popular in United Kingdom with 12.41% of installations residing in this country.

Sony PC Companion adds 1 scheduled task to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times.

Software Behaviors

Services:
  • PCCService.exe runs as a service named 'Sony PC Companion' (Sony PC Companion) "Provides support for Sony PC Companion Core and Services.".
Scheduled tasks:
  • PCCompanion.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{FB5E8D18-5149-4BD8-946F-59DC623CD4FB}' (runs on registration).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:
  • PCCompanion.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named 2.
Registry entries:
  • PCCompanion.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Sony PC Companion' and executes as "C:\Program Files\Sony\Sony PC Companion\PCCompanion.exe" /Background.

Software Details

URL:
https://esupport.sony.com
Support:
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\Sony\Sony PC Companion\
Uninstaller:
"C:\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information\{F09EF8F2-0976-42C1-8D9D-8DF78337C6E3}\setup.exe" -runfromtemp -l0x0409 -removeonly
Size:
110.00 MB
Language:
English

Sony PC Companion Executable Details

Primary executable:
PCCompanion.exe
Name:
Sony PC Companion
Path:
C:\Program Files\Sony\Sony PC Companion\PCCompanion.exe
MD5:
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by Sony PC Companion
File Type Filename MD5
DLL
48a434381dc4021d90ca09a3b2713ede
DLL
5cad5792bb209694db6e36baa2ca83ea
EXE
2978d69551c063662ab68b823fda7611
DLL
be1fbfc27196f9eea05ff74197b0ee6b
DLL
60e2fd97985a98d241e9849fe489e037
DLL
aea47a804428dfeb8ee6d62e13c49167
DLL
008b14c88b51405b134191cf8c6dd4da
DLL
d29065f6fb911fff5954866e0c90b016
DLL
0ec3548587af3ce672cebcc553c553f4
DLL
360e6bbd78a0b668cc7651bc2a9b27eb