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
7f0411e243a20c208f263a2696f186b7
DLL
9d7ca0bbbf1d1f2ea20529c82bd5e307
DLL
42ac50fba7d6038d3e695b0699b4a327
DLL
a0794e700a061e1cbd5ae0bf91256226
DLL
a37dc3b748f524a7d6a6fdcc966ee9ee
DLL
9f814a3021fc5aab12b7937823b77533
DLL
eaa03a4b7a33e135a7b0456dd0bb9bba
DLL
b45a4680e3d074461e57141902372c2d
DLL
c85402fad31f43aec3280926c5e78c18
DLL
b842a21812ff15d3d607fe23c60418dd