Should I block it?

40%
40% of PCs block this file from running.
Possible reason:
Performance resource utilization

VersionsAdditional versions

1.0.0.1 50.00%
1.0.0.1 50.00%
(Note, Avanquest Software publishes each variation of this file with the same version, but the hashes are unique.)

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Import table
advapi32.dll
RegDeleteValueW, CryptDecrypt, CryptEncrypt, CryptImportKey, CryptReleaseContext, CryptAcquireContextW, CryptDestroyKey, RegEnumKeyExW, RegQueryInfoKeyW, RegSetValueExW, RegDeleteKeyW, RegCreateKeyExW, RegOpenKeyExW, RegOpenKeyExA, RegQueryValueExA, RegCloseKey
bvrpctln.dll
_HTML_CreateExW@24, _HTML_SetText@20, _Profile_GetIntW@16, _IsInternetConnectedW@4, _Profile_SetIntW@16, _MakeFullPathNameEx@16, _GetResourceInstance@4, _GetResourcePath@8
comctl32.dll
ImageList_Destroy, ImageList_Add, ImageList_Create
crypt32.dll
CryptStringToBinaryA, CryptBinaryToStringA
gdi32.dll
CreateDCW, CreateRectRgnIndirect, GetDeviceCaps, GetLayout, CreateCompatibleDC, CreateCompatibleBitmap, SetViewportOrgEx, BitBlt, RestoreDC, GetObjectW, SelectObject, CreateFontIndirectW, CreateSolidBrush, DeleteDC, GetStockObject, SetBkMode, SetTextColor, CreateBitmap, LPtoDP, SaveDC, SetMapMode, DeleteObject, SetWindowOrgEx, SetLayout
gdiplus.dll
GdipFree, GdipAlloc, GdipCreateLineBrushFromRectI, GdipCloneBrush, GdipCreatePen1, GdipDeletePen, GdipFillPath, GdipDrawPath, GdipSetPageUnit, GdipSetSmoothingMode, GdipCreateFromHDC, GdipAddPathArcI, GdipClosePathFigure, GdipSetPenMode, GdipDeleteGraphics, GdipDeletePath, GdipDeleteBrush, GdipCreatePath
kernel32.dll
GetThreadLocale, lstrlenA, WideCharToMultiByte, InterlockedExchange, InitializeCriticalSectionAndSpinCount, DeleteCriticalSection, DisableThreadLibraryCalls, InterlockedIncrement, InterlockedDecrement, CreateFileW, CloseHandle, ReadFile, GetFileSize, lstrcpynW, WaitForSingleObject, DeleteFileW, GetTickCount, GetTempFileNameW, GetTempPathW, lstrcatW, CreateThread, GetLocalTime, GetSystemTime, LocalFree, FormatMessageW, CreateDirectoryW, GetFileAttributesW, WriteFile, MulDiv, GlobalUnlock, GlobalLock, GlobalAlloc, GetLocaleInfoW, GetPrivateProfileStringW, SetEvent, CreateEventW, ResetEvent, FindClose, FindNextFileW, FindFirstFileW, lstrcpynA, GetFileAttributesExW, Sleep, lstrcmpA, UnmapViewOfFile, MapViewOfFile, CreateFileMappingW, GetFullPathNameW, RemoveDirectoryW, CopyFileExW, GetVolumeNameForVolumeMountPointW, GetLogicalDriveStringsW, SetErrorMode, DeviceIoControl, SetFilePointerEx, SetThreadLocale, lstrcpyA, GetCurrentDirectoryW, SetFileTime, SetFilePointer, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, GetCurrentProcessId, QueryPerformanceCounter, GetEnvironmentStringsW, FreeEnvironmentStringsW, GetModuleFileNameA, GetStartupInfoW, GetFileType, SetHandleCount, GetStringTypeW, HeapCreate, GetStdHandle, ExitProcess, LCMapStringW, IsValidCodePage, GetOEMCP, GetACP, GetCPInfo, TlsFree, TlsSetValue, TlsGetValue, TlsAlloc, IsDebuggerPresent, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, UnhandledExceptionFilter, TerminateProcess, GetCommandLineA, VirtualQuery, GetSystemInfo, VirtualProtect, DecodePointer, EncodePointer, RtlUnwind, InterlockedPopEntrySList, VirtualAlloc, VirtualFree, IsProcessorFeaturePresent, InterlockedPushEntrySList, InterlockedCompareExchange, GetProcessHeap, HeapSize, HeapReAlloc, HeapFree, HeapAlloc, HeapDestroy, LoadLibraryExW, MultiByteToWideChar, FreeLibrary, GetModuleFileNameW, GetModuleHandleW, GetProcAddress, GetLastError, lstrcmpiW, SetLastError, GetCurrentThreadId, GetCurrentProcess, FlushInstructionCache, LeaveCriticalSection, EnterCriticalSection, RaiseException, GetDateFormatW, FileTimeToLocalFileTime, LoadLibraryA, GetTimeFormatW, FindResourceExW, FindResourceW, LoadResource, LockResource, SizeofResource, lstrcmpW, lstrlenW, CompareFileTime, SystemTimeToFileTime, FileTimeToSystemTime, lstrcpyW, GetConsoleCP, GetConsoleMode, LoadLibraryW, SetStdHandle, WriteConsoleW, FlushFileBuffers, ExpandEnvironmentStringsA, LocalFileTimeToFileTime
ole32.dll
CoTaskMemAlloc, CoTaskMemRealloc, CoTaskMemFree, StringFromGUID2, CoCreateInstance, CreateStreamOnHGlobal, PropVariantClear, GetHGlobalFromStream, StringFromCLSID, ReadClassStm, OleSaveToStream, WriteClassStm, OleRegGetMiscStatus, OleRegGetUserType, OleRegEnumVerbs, CreateOleAdviseHolder, OleUninitialize, OleInitialize, CLSIDFromString, CLSIDFromProgID, CoUninitialize, CoInitializeEx, OleRun, OleLockRunning, CoGetClassObject
setupapi.dll
CM_Get_Child, CM_Get_Device_IDW, SetupDiOpenDeviceInfoW, CM_Get_Sibling, SetupDiCreateDeviceInfoList, SetupDiEnumDeviceInterfaces, SetupDiGetDeviceInterfaceDetailW, SetupDiGetClassDevsW, SetupDiEnumDeviceInfo, SetupDiGetDeviceRegistryPropertyW, SetupDiGetDeviceInstanceIdW, SetupDiDestroyDeviceInfoList
shell32.dll
ShellExecuteW, SHGetFolderPathW
shlwapi.dll
StrStrIA, SHCreateStreamOnFileW, PathRemoveExtensionW, PathStripToRootW, PathCombineW, PathIsDirectoryW, PathAddBackslashW, PathMatchSpecW, StrStrW, StrStrIW, StrCmpNIW, PathAppendW, PathFileExistsW, PathRemoveFileSpecW, StrRStrIW, PathRenameExtensionW, PathFindFileNameW, AssocQueryStringW, StrCmpNW, PathRemoveBackslashW, PathFindExtensionW
sqlite3.dll
sqlite3_step, sqlite3_column_type, sqlite3_column_int, sqlite3_column_blob, sqlite3_column_bytes, sqlite3_close, sqlite3_column_count, sqlite3_prepare16, sqlite3_errmsg, sqlite3_open16, sqlite3_column_text16, sqlite3_finalize
user32.dll
UnregisterClassA, DrawTextW, CreateWindowExW, RegisterClassExW, DrawFrameControl, MapWindowPoints, CharNextW, EnableWindow, DispatchMessageA, DispatchMessageW, TranslateMessage, GetMessageA, GetMessageW, IsWindowUnicode, PeekMessageW, UpdateWindow, SetWindowLongW, DestroyWindow, GetWindowLongW, SendMessageW, SetWindowPos, GetWindowRect, GetClientRect, ReleaseDC, ShowWindow, GetDCEx, GetParent, GetDlgItem, IsWindow, CallWindowProcW, GetClassInfoExW, LoadCursorW, GetActiveWindow, wsprintfW, MsgWaitForMultipleObjectsEx, PostMessageW, EndDialog, SetWindowTextW, SetTimer, GetMonitorInfoW, MonitorFromWindow, GetWindow, GetKeyState, UnionRect, IntersectRect, EqualRect, SetWindowRgn, RegisterWindowMessageW, CopyRect, SetRect, OffsetRect, PtInRect, FrameRect, DefWindowProcW, IsZoomed, GetAncestor, GetWindowTextW, GetWindowTextLengthW, GetSysColor, CreateDialogParamW, MoveWindow, ClientToScreen, ScreenToClient, InvalidateRect, InvalidateRgn, RedrawWindow, SetCapture, IsChild, GetClassNameW, ReleaseCapture, FillRect, EndPaint, GetDlgItemTextW, SetDlgItemTextW, SetCursor, SetRectEmpty, SetFocus, KillTimer, DialogBoxParamW, GetClassLongW, SetClassLongW, CreateAcceleratorTableW, GetFocus, DestroyAcceleratorTable, GetDesktopWindow, BeginPaint, GetDC
uxtheme.dll
DrawThemeBackground, OpenThemeData, SetWindowTheme, CloseThemeData
vobject.dll
_DeleteVObject, _CreateVObject, ISOTimeToSystemTime
Export table
DllCanUnloadNow
DllGetClassObject
DllInstall
DllRegisterServer
DllUnregisterServer

ContactSetup.dll

PC Companion by Avanquest Software

Remove ContactSetup.dll
Version:   1.0.0.1
MD5:   a8fefa88530fd7e43fa3bea5cca9a4e2
SHA1:   5029eab6a230f4855e82c863df03a44244d9d5a1
SHA256:   dcebe89cd7ddb9b612c2c3447a4fc29637d0a42895a884e0e30da594bedcd4df

Overview

contactsetup.dll is loaded as dynamic link library that runs in the context of a process. It is installed with a couple of know programs including Sony PC Companion 2.10.115 published by Sony Corporation, Sony PC Companion 2.10.108 from Sony Corporation and Sony PC Companion 2.10.108 by Sony Corporation.

DetailsDetails

File name:contactsetup.dll
Publisher:Avanquest Software
Product name:PC Companion
Description:ContactSetup.dll
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\sony\sony pc companion\contactsetup.dll
File version:1.0.0.1
Size:854.5 KB (875,008 bytes)
Digital DNA
File packed:No
.NET CLR:No
More details

ResourcesPrograms

The following programs will install this file
Sony Corporation
19% remove
PC Companion is a collection of tools and applications you can use when you connect your device to a computer. PC Companion contains Xperia™ Transfer, a tool for moving content from an iPhone to your new Xperia™ device. PC Companion also offers device software updates, contacts and calendar management, and a backup and restore feature for your phone content (availability of applications depends on your phone and operator). You can also ...

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Professional 25.00%
Windows Vista Home Premium 25.00%
Windows 8 Pro with Media Center 25.00%
Windows 8 Pro 25.00%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United Kingdom installs about 25.00% of PC Companion.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Hewlett-Packard 66.67%
Samsung 33.33%
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