What is Phone Companion.exe?
Phone Companion.exe is part of Phone Companion and developed by Lenovo according to the Phone Companion.exe version information.
Phone Companion.exe's description is "Lenovo Phone Companion"
Phone Companion.exe is digitally signed by Lenovo (Beijing) Limited.
Phone Companion.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files\Lenovo PhoneCompanion\' folder.
None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about Phone Companion.exe.
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Vendor and version information [?]
The following is the available information on Phone Companion.exe:
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Product name | Phone Companion |
| Company name | Lenovo |
| File description | Lenovo Phone Companion |
| Internal name | Phone Companion.exe |
| Original filename | Phone Companion.exe |
| Legal copyright | Lenovo CopyRight |
| Product version | 1.2.0.0 |
| File version | 1.2.0.0 |
Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:
| Product name | Phone Companion |
| Company name | Lenovo |
| File description | Lenovo Phone Companion |
| Internal name | Phone Companion.exe |
| Original filename | Phone Companion.exe |
| Legal copyright | Lenovo CopyRight |
| Product version | 1.2.0.0 |
| File version | 1.2.0.0 |
Digital signatures [?]
Phone Companion.exe has a valid digital signature.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Signer name | Lenovo (Beijing) Limited |
| Certificate issuer name | VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA |
| Certificate serial number | 2d5239e702a5ead6cf85da4853bd22e9 |
VirusTotal report
None of the 56 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the Phone Companion.exe file.
Hashes [?]
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| MD5 | 6627f2373b1aa6cf0ef9c5c9ad587c35 |
| SHA256 | b7d05ce26d1b78579021833397b188db2f44cbd152e1e02e11cb5e9ee81d9d84 |
Error Messages
These are some of the error messages that can appear related to phone companion.exe:
phone companion.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
phone companion.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.
Lenovo Phone Companion has stopped working.
End Program - phone companion.exe. This program is not responding.
phone companion.exe is not a valid Win32 application.
phone companion.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.
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What did other users do?
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Malware or legitimate?
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Comments
Please share with the other users what you think about this file. What does this file do? Is it legitimate or something that your computer is better without? Do you know how it was installed on your system? Did you install it yourself or did it come bundled with some other software? Is it running smoothly or do you get some error message? Any information that will help to document this file is welcome. Thank you for your contributions.
I'm reading all new comments so don't hesitate to post a question about the file. If I don't have the answer perhaps another user can help you.
I would like to unlock my Motorola XT885 I put a code to unlock but the screen is cracked and touch screen will not work. I think that if I have it plugged into my laptop that I should be able to punch unlock code into laptop to unlock phone need to get messages photos and contacts from phone.
# 29 Apr 2017, 15:26
David James King writes