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
2533bfe5faa32ed434f031d677f2443d
DLL
07a976192b2e87f78177a86c9e99585e
DLL
de1a5ef2b30adb93822111ee80f1620c
DLL
3a33f12c6c0d13f020a03fc4bb9733db
DLL
871fd325ad06f36089ad2ed7d0a3369c
EXE
bbf8be4c29859651667bc653c35d109f
EXE
f9f665c27e9a2fe02db4fbc1cbb0e207
EXE
54ab5532633a5a7f21392b512451b415