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No, this file is 100% safe to run.
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vaio gate.exe
VAIO Gate by Sony Corporation (Signed)
| Version: | 3.0.1.02210 |
| MD5: | b092ed18d49cb189211220f695e70d89 |
| SHA1: | 7fe17d2db7b5e364e6e640a3cf06a8f9aae9620b |
| SHA256: | a3138bedda365e06b5394e61e01573b98017ef7224fb924857b1888532c2b26b |
Overview
vaio gate.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges typically within the context of its parent
svchost.exe (Host Process for Windows Services by Microsoft Corporation). 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). It is installed with a couple of know programs including VAIO Gate published by Sony Corporation, VAIO Gate from Sony Corporation and VAIO Gate by Sony Corporation.
Details
| File name: | vaio gate.exe |
| Publisher: | Sony Corporation |
| Product name: | VAIO Gate |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\sony\vaio gate\vaio gate.exe |
| Original name: | VAIO Gate.exe.mui |
| File version: | 3.0.1.02210 |
| Size: | 955.09 KB (978,016 bytes) |
| Build date: | 2/21/2013 2:17 AM |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Sony Corporation |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET |
| .NET CLR: | Yes |
| .NET NGENed: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
“VAIO Gate offers fast and easy access to favourite multimedia programs and entertainment. This gateway is always there as a visually attractive bar at the top of your desktop and keeps track of your most popular programs and media. Fully integrated onto your desktop for quick access with large icons. Simple and easy to use, click or touch an icon to go straight to a program. RSS feed enables web recommendations and links. Personalise VA...”
Behaviors
Scheduled tasks
- The task 'VAIO Gate Restart' runs on registration in the path '\Sony Corporation\VAIO Gate\VAIO Gate Restart'
- The job 'VAIO Gate' runs on logon in the path '\Sony Corporation\VAIO Gate\VAIO Gate'
- Entry path '\Sony Corporation\VAIO Gate\VAIO Gate Restart'
- Entry path '\SONY\VAIO Gate\VAIO Gate Restart'
- Entry path '\Sony Corporation\VAIO Gate\VAIO Gate'
- Entry path '\SONY\VAIO Gate\VAIO Gate'
Scheduled tasks startups
Set to load on user login (bypasses Windows UAC if enabled)
- Login entry path '\SONY\VAIO Gate\VAIO Gate'
- Login entry path '\Sony Corporation\VAIO Gate\VAIO Gate'
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00481087% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00336842% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00144245% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 2,852 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 405,940/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 18.67 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 25.08 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 2.44 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 18.67 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 180.85 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 206.11 MB | |
| Working set: | 6.55 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 28.44 MB | |
| Page faults: | 136,991/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 496 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 234 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 154 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 4/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 11 | |
| Handles: | 342 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 157 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 161 | |
| GUI USER count: | 50 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 58 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | Medium |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\sony\vaio gate\vaio gate.exe" /autostart |
| Owner: | User |
| Parent processes: |
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Threads
Averages
| TapTrigger.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.02323001% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.02149710% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00173291% | |
| CPU cycles: | 560,612/sec | |
| Memory: | 44 KB | |
| DINPUT8.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00922493% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00796699% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00125795% | |
| CPU cycles: | 597,755/sec | |
| Memory: | 240 KB | |
| VAIO Gate.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00376151% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00198561% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00177591% | |
| CPU cycles: | 252,524/sec | |
| Memory: | 972 KB | |
| viaggregator.dll (VAIO Improvement by Sony) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00003630% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00003630% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| CPU cycles: | 541/sec | |
| Memory: | 224 KB | |
Common loaded modules
These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
41.54% |
|
| Windows 8 Single Language |
12.31% |
|
| Windows 8 |
10.77% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
9.23% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Basic |
9.23% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
6.15% |
|
| Windows 8.1 |
4.62% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
4.62% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Pro |
1.54% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 30.77% of VAIO Gate.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Sony |
100.00% |
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