PCCompanion.exe
Sony PC Companion by Sony Ericsson Mobile Communication (Signed)
Overview
pccompanion.exe has 4 known versions, the most recent one is 2.1.0. pccompanion.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. By adding a startup entry to the run registry key, the file will be executed when the user logs into Windows. The average file size is about 435.55 KB. It is an authenticode code-signed executable issued to Sony Ericsson Mobile Communication by the certification authority VeriSign. The programs Sony PC Companion 2.10.094, Sony PC Companion 2.10.079 and Sony PC Companion 2.10.108 have been observed as installing specific variations of pccompanion.exe. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is less than 0.01%, the average private memory consumption is about 17.02 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 39.3 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 943 Bytes per minute for reads and 167 Bytes per minute for writes.
Details |
File name: | pccompanion.exe |
Publisher: | Sony |
Product name: | Sony PC Companion |
Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\sony\sony pc companion\pccompanion.exe |
Certificate |
Issued to: | Sony Ericsson Mobile Communication |
Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
Effective date: | Friday, March 19, 2010 |
Expiration date: | Monday, March 25, 2013 |
Programs installed in
(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of Sony PC Companion.)
“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 ...”
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of pccompanion.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Startup files (user) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'Sony PC Companion' → "C:\Program Files\Sony\Sony PC Companion\PCCompanion.exe" /Background
All file variations of pccompanion.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
OS version | distribution |
Windows 8 Pro |
35.71% |
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Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
21.43% |
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Microsoft Windows XP |
21.43% |
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Windows 7 Ultimate |
14.29% |
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Windows Vista Home Basic |
7.14% |
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Distribution by country
India installs about 28.57% of Sony PC Companion.