Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

Additional versions

3.1.0.0126	91.67%
3.1.0.0126	8.33%

(Note, Sony Corporation of America publishes each variation of this file with the same version, but the hashes are unique.)

Relationships

Parent process

services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft)

Child process

listener.exe (VaioCare Sample Collector Service by Sony Corporation of America)

PE file structure

Show functions

Import table

advapi32.dll

SetServiceStatus, ConvertSidToStringSidW, GetTokenInformation, SetSecurityDescriptorDacl, InitializeSecurityDescriptor, RegQueryInfoKeyW, RegOpenKeyExW, AdjustTokenPrivileges, LookupPrivilegeValueW, OpenProcessToken, CreateProcessAsUserW, DuplicateTokenEx, ReportEventW, RegisterEventSourceW, RegQueryValueExW, DeleteService, OpenServiceW, ChangeServiceConfig2W, CreateServiceW, OpenSCManagerW, RegCloseKey, RegSetValueExW, RegCreateKeyExW, RegisterServiceCtrlHandlerExW, StartServiceCtrlDispatcherW

kernel32.dll

GetModuleHandleW, LocalFree, WaitForMultipleObjects, SetEvent, WaitForSingleObject, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, ReleaseMutex, CreateFileW, FileTimeToLocalFileTime, CreateFileMappingW, MapViewOfFile, UnmapViewOfFile, DeleteFileW, GetFileSizeEx, FileTimeToSystemTime, SystemTimeToTzSpecificLocalTime, ReadFile, WriteFile, FlushFileBuffers, TerminateProcess, GetCurrentProcess, FormatMessageW, GetFileInformationByHandle, CreateEventW, CreateMutexW, QueryPerformanceFrequency, CreateTimerQueue, QueryPerformanceCounter, CreateTimerQueueTimer, CreateThread, GetSystemTime, SystemTimeToFileTime, DeleteTimerQueueEx, GetFileTime, CreateToolhelp32Snapshot, Module32FirstW, Module32NextW, OpenProcess, WTSGetActiveConsoleSessionId, InterlockedDecrement, LocalFileTimeToFileTime, CloseHandle, GetCurrentProcessId, GetLongPathNameW, GetModuleFileNameW, lstrlenW, GetLastError, GetCurrentThreadId, GetTickCount, IsDebuggerPresent, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, UnhandledExceptionFilter, MultiByteToWideChar, lstrlenA, WideCharToMultiByte, InterlockedExchange, Sleep, InterlockedCompareExchange, GetProcAddress

msvcp90.dll

DllMain

msvcr90.dll

DllMain

ole32.dll

CoUninitialize, CoCreateInstance, CoSetProxyBlanket, CoInitializeSecurity, CoInitializeEx

pdh.dll

PdhExpandWildCardPathW, PdhGetFormattedCounterValue, PdhGetFormattedCounterArrayW, PdhCollectQueryData, PdhAddCounterW, PdhCloseQuery, PdhLookupPerfNameByIndexW, PdhOpenQueryW

psapi.dll

GetModuleFileNameExW

version.dll

VerQueryValueW, GetFileVersionInfoW, GetFileVersionInfoSizeW

wtsapi32.dll

WTSQuerySessionInformationW, WTSQueryUserToken, WTSFreeMemory, WTSEnumerateSessionsW

VCPerfService.exe

VAIO Care Performance Service by Sony Corporation of America (Signed)

Remove VCPerfService.exe

Version:	3.1.0.0126
MD5:	735099a055c50fe534d4781d67fd6b83
SHA1:	61d6f3bd4c903f268f5d29b4ebfd3fd1551a3934
SHA256:	68efa4f7ec895357de9fd20240c074c366f62404a957e9ebd003d616311e46b8

What is VCPerfService.exe?

VAIO Care software included on your laptop is designed to help users maintain and update Sony computers.

About VCPerfService.exe (from Sony Corporation of America)

“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”

Details

File name:	vcperfservice.exe
Publisher:	Sony Corporation
Product name:	VAIO Care Performance Service
Typical file path:	C:\Program Files\sony\vaio care\vcperfservice.exe
File version:	3.1.0.0126
Product version:	3, 1, 0, 0126
Size:	253.12 KB (259,192 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:	Sony Corporation of America
Authority (CA):	VeriSign
Effective date:	Saturday, June 12, 2010
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 Care

Sony Corporation

12% remove

“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 ...”

Behaviors

Services

Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)

'SampleCollector' (VAIO Care Performance Service)
SampleCollector

Resource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.00145101%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00071877%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00073224%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	96,326,836 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:	1,177,662/sec	17,470,203/sec
Context switches:	2/sec	284/sec
Memory
Private memory:	12.54 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	12.65 MB
Private (minimum):	7.42 MB
Non-paged memory:	12.54 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	51.17 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	86.64 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	11.53 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	13.67 MB	37.95 MB
Page faults:	432,296/min	2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:	3.18 KB/sec	1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:	1/sec	343/min
I/O write transfer:	35 Bytes/sec	274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:	1/sec	227/min
I/O other transfer:	16.88 KB/sec	448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:	384/sec	1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:	7	12
Handles:	226	600

Process properties

Integrety level:	System
Platform:	64-bit
Command line:	"C:\Program Files\sony\vaio care\vcperfservice.exe" "/service" "/sstates" "/sampleinterval=5000" "/procinterval=5" "/dllinterval=120" "/counter=\processor(_total)\% processor timC:1/counter=\physicaldisk(_total)\disk bytes/seC:1" "/counter=\network interface()\bytes total/seC:1" "/expandcounter=\processor information()\processor frequencC:1" "/expandcounter=\processor()\% idle timC:1" "/expandcounter=\processor()\% c1 timC:1" "/expandcounter=\processor(*)\% c2 timC:1" "/expandcounter=\proces
Owner:	SYSTEM
Windows Service
Service name:	SampleCollector
Display name:	VAIO Care Performance Service
Description:	“Checks the systems performance for VAIO Care.”
Type:	Win32OwnProcess
Parent process:	services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft)

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