VAIO Care

VAIO Care

by Sony Corporation

What is VAIO Care?

VAIO Care is software application developed by Sony Corporation. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 57.42% of installations running this operating system. VAIO Care's installer is typically 33.00 MB in size and installs around 128 files. The most common release is 8.1.0.10120 with 10.54% of all installations currently using this version.

VAIO Care is most popular in the United States with 35.57% of installations residing in this country.

VAIO Care adds 6 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times.

Software Behaviors

Services:
  • VCService.exe runs as a service named 'VCService' (VCService) "@"C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\DllResources\VCServiceRes.dll",-1001".
  • VCPerfService.exe runs as a service named 'Intel(R) System Behavior Tracker Collector Service' (SampleCollector) "Collects the system information for Intel(R) System Behavior Tracker.".
Scheduled tasks:
  • VAIOCare.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{11FCB378-0A8B-4018-B129-CDD734B0D757}' (runs on registration).
  • VCSystemTray.exe is scheduled as a task named 'CheckSystemInfo' (runs monthly on Thursdays at 0.00).
  • VAIOShell.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{D03F29EA-2782-4C2D-925D-C8BA1CCB2E25}' (runs on registration).
  • VCsystray.exe is scheduled as a task named 'VCUpdateLearn' (runs on registration).
  • Solution.Updater.exe is scheduled as a task named 'UpdateSolution' (runs weekly on Mondays at 12:00).
  • VCOneClick.exe is scheduled as a task named 'VCOneClick' (runs monthly on Fridays at 13.00).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:
  • VCSystemTray.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named VCSelfHeal.
  • Solution.Updater.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named UpdateSolution.
  • DeployCRMflag.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named DeployCRMflag.
  • VCSpt.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named VAIO Care Support.
  • VCsystray.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named VAIO Care.
  • VAIOCareService.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named VAIO Care Service.
Registry entries (User):
  • VCSystemTray.exe is loaded once in the current user (HKCU) registry as a startup file name 'Application Restart #2' which loads as C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\VCSystemTray.exe VCSystemTray.
  • VCAdmin.exe is loaded once in the current user (HKCU) registry as a startup file name 'Application Restart #3' which loads as C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\VCAdmin.exe VCAdmin.

Software Details

URL:
https://esupport.sony.com
Support:
–
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\
Uninstaller:
MsiExec.exe /X{471F7C0A-CA3A-4F4C-8346-DE36AD5E23D1}
Size:
33.00 MB
Language:
Portuguese

VAIO Care Executable Details

Primary executable:
VAIOCare.exe
Name:
VAIO Care
Path:
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\VAIOCare.exe
MD5:
c19cab299fbe37bf723453171dabe033
SHA-1:
–
SHA-256:
–
Files installed by VAIO Care
File Type Filename MD5
DLL
msvcr90.dll
abe99bc983d2adcd6e0262635532319d
DLL
logging.dll
1a0d795e24428146ab31ad3f9e7b5646
DLL
msvcm90.dll
96e031a2ab9a4628e2713507e493ef65
DLL
msvcp90.dll
40922f91004df687facaf24659545588
DLL
sqlite3.dll
5cad5792bb209694db6e36baa2ca83ea
DLL
msvcm80.dll
654eaedc85960d66d6d31855640b3a5f
DLL
msvcp80.dll
03a23a2a24e63e9d18fca6173760dccf
DLL
msvcr80.dll
4cc70e72dd907e994e16faa9f2451934
DLL
offreg.dll
5dd8c477a1e43e242efda6755fc46959
EXE
update.exe
e23dd4e444d44515b8d6e8a786f46e0f