Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
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VCAgent.exe
VCAgent by Sony Corporation (Signed)
| Version: | 8.0.0.08080 |
| MD5: | 33e36bcaa3640a77fa56c6ab4ae42196 |
| SHA1: | 7060a4079053ec055767f56349ac375873e2ea57 |
Overview
vcagent.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges typically within the context of its parent
vcservice.exe (VAIO Care by Sony Corporation). It is installed with a couple of know programs including VAIO Care published by Sony Corporation and VAIO Care published by Sony Corporation. The file is digitally signed by Sony Corporation which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | vcagent.exe |
| Publisher: | Sony Corporation |
| Product name: | VCAgent |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\sony\vaio care\vcagent.exe |
| File version: | 8.0.0.08080 |
| Size: | 22.19 KB (22,720 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Sony Corporation |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
“VAIO Care can help and the ASSIST button is a shortcut that allows you to open VAIO Care. I’d like to explain the benefit of this program. Whether you enter VAIO Care from the ASSIST button or start menu, this utility can guide you through troubleshooting steps, system updates, configuration tools and system tune-up options. VAIO Care is actually a built-in troubleshooting and maintenance program that comes installed on your VAIO PC to ...”
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00007770% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00005219% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00002550% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 85,695 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 241,765/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 45.45 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 45.33 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 22.82 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 45.45 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 705.57 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 727.86 MB | |
| Working set: | 31.74 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 67.74 MB | |
| Page faults: | 312,544/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 159 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 34 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 18 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 4/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 12 | |
| Handles: | 714 | |
Process properties
Threads
Averages
| clr.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00195587% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00001616% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00193971% | |
| CPU cycles: | 66,118/sec | |
| Memory: | 9.37 MB | |
| VCAgent.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00163339% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00007693% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00155646% | |
| CPU cycles: | 38,882/sec | |
| Memory: | 32 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 |
36.67% |
|
| Windows 8 Single Language |
16.67% |
|
| Windows 8 |
13.33% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Basic |
13.33% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
10.00% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Pro |
3.33% |
|
| Windows 8.1 |
3.33% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
3.33% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 30.00% of VCAgent.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Sony |
100.00% |
|
