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
f56b28586cc5d146556e33f699e80637
DLL
d88ce2e89f2c3e9f974c75f0d6697405
DLL
d20ade28b0d507b018db105304d34f0c
DLL
524e69050f5767aa651ff79790df5015
DLL
191a41dda9507a9aa038baf4f91c40da
DLL
e2ef81a732c8d7f1817323743abdd91a
DLL
1e9619d38118af7d4fd0e4b8233a9241
DLL
dee161f35c909be1c23a5dd1d38c59ea
DLL
982755340493fc1f96ed7201c23fff04
EXE
3fd022ee79ada891a9e869fc05055c16