networkclient.exe
VAIO Control Center by Sony Corporation (Signed)
Overview
There are 4 versions of networkclient.exe in the wild, the latest version being 1.1.1.04120. networkclient.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. The process utilizes the Windows Task Scheduler to automatically launch the file as a process when a user logs into Windows. The average file size is about 1.62 MB. The file is a digitally signed and issued to Sony Corporation by VeriSign. The executable is a .NET framework assembly utilizing the CLR. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0010% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 3.83 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 8.6 MB and typical read I/O operations are around 10 Bytes per minute.
 Details
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| File name: | networkclient.exe |
| Publisher: | Sony Corporation |
| Product name: | VAIO Control Center |
| Description: | VAIO Control Center (Network Setting Client) |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\sony\vaio control center\networksetting\networkclient.exe |
| Original name: | NetworkClient.exe.mui |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Sony Corporation |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Monday, March 5, 2012 |
| Expiration date: | Wednesday, March 6, 2013 |
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of networkclient.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Scheduled tasks
- The job 'NetworkSetting Logon Start' runs on logon in the path '\Sony Corporation\VAIO Control Center\NetworkSetting\NetworkSetting Logon Start'
- Entry path '\Sony Corporation\VAIO Control Center\NetworkSetting\NetworkSetting Logon Start'
Scheduled tasks startups
Set to load on user login (bypasses Windows UAC if enabled)
- Login entry path '\Sony Corporation\VAIO Control Center\NetworkSetting\NetworkSetting Logon Start'
All file variations of networkclient.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 8 Single Language |
48.15% |
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| Windows 8 |
40.74% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
7.41% |
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| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
3.70% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 14.81% of VAIO Control Center.
