SOHDms.exe
Sony Home Network Library by Sony Corporation (Signed)
| Version: | 3.1.2.08080 |
| MD5: | f318a96c1b42215f8a03d4325ab977ad |
| SHA1: | ea08b6dae45212cf99ce14f41e485b8deef9ed70 |
What is SOHDms.exe?
VAIO Media plus Digital Media Server for the Sony Home Network Library is part of the VAIO Entertainment framework, software that enables the delivery and viewing of content (music, photos, videos and TV) among devices connected to a home network. The software is pre-installed with most VAIO PCs.
Overview
sohdms.exe runs as a service under the name Sony Digital Media Server (SOHDms) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). It is an auto-starting process that used the Windows Task Scheduler service to load when the user logs into Windows (sometimes this is required to bypass the UAC protection). This is typically installed with the program VAIO Media Server Settings published by Sony Corporation. The file is digitally signed by Sony Corporation which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | sohdms.exe |
| Publisher: | Sony Corporation |
| Product name: | Sony Home Network Library |
| Description: | VAIO Media plus Digital Media Server |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\common files\sony shared\sohlib\sohdms.exe |
| File version: | 3.1.2.08080 |
| Size: | 449.72 KB (460,512 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Sony Corporation |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following program will install this file
“With VAIO Media plus, it’s easy to access movies and photos stored on computers anywhere in your home and view them in the living room on a large-screen TV. For example, watch a travel video stored on dad’s VAIO or access mom’s VAIO and have a look at pictures from the recent sports meet — all in the comfort of your living room. VAIO Media plus streamlines home entertainment by delivering content from all your computers to one location....”
Behaviors
Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'SOHDms' (Sony Digital Media Server)
- SOHDms
Scheduled tasks
- The job 'SOHLib SOHDms' runs on logon in the path '\Sony Corporation\Sony Home Network Library\SOHLib SOHDms'
Scheduled tasks startups
Set to load on user login (bypasses Windows UAC if enabled)
- Login entry path '\Sony Corporation\Sony Home Network Library\SOHLib SOHDms'
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00029143% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00021674% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00007469% | |
| Memory |
| Private (maximum): | 6.43 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 6.33 MB | |
Process properties
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\common files\sony shared\sohlib\sohdms.exe" |
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | SOHDms |
| Display name: | Sony Digital Media Server |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (by Microsoft) |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
45.16% |
|
| Windows 8 |
25.81% |
|
| Windows 8 Single Language |
16.13% |
|
| Windows 8 Enterprise |
3.23% |
|
| Windows 8.1 |
3.23% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Basic |
3.23% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
3.23% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 19.35% of Sony Home Network Library.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Sony |
98.11% |
|
| GIGABYTE |
1.89% |
|
