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
80212deda12a1278f8702590770b2bff
DLL
66dee87e466802ad6569ebfebd96be79
DLL
05e486748e90b47eda5af6aeb2d78202
EXE
06c78f18a2ef18d5463bb84c022ee5c6
DLL
603ef6d73673686fe5c4ec14e17b4b41
DLL
0297a8ad0973cfbb66320158a3258e2a
DLL
09b25cc89a070d94d8666be1ed8f9ae7
DLL
b9dc754bbb94bae329d99e4dad1f63dd
DLL
679b9d2e630c3386fe6653d31e660ebb
DLL
7bb2731f01e58391b3bee7375d872113