What is Sony.vshost.exe?

Sony.vshost.exe is part of Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2013 and developed by Microsoft Corporation according to the Sony.vshost.exe version information.

Sony.vshost.exe's description is "vshost32.exe"

Sony.vshost.exe is digitally signed by Microsoft Corporation.

Sony.vshost.exe is usually located in the 'c:\Program Files\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about Sony.vshost.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on Sony.vshost.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameMicrosoft® Visual Studio® 2013
Company nameMicrosoft Corporation
File descriptionvshost32.exe
Internal namevshost32.exe
Original filenamevshost32.exe
Commentsvshost32.exe
Legal copyright© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Product version12.0.21005.1
File version12.0.21005.1

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameMicrosoft® Visual Studio® 2013
Company nameMicrosoft Corporation
File descriptionvshost32.exe
Internal namevshost32.exe
Original filenamevshost32.exe
Commentsvshost32.exe
Legal copyright© Microsoft Corporation. All rights..
Product version12.0.21005.1
File version12.0.21005.1

Digital signatures [?]

Sony.vshost.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameMicrosoft Corporation
Certificate issuer nameMicrosoft Code Signing PCA
Certificate serial number33000000b011af0a8bd03b9fdd0001000000b0

VirusTotal report

None of the 54 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the Sony.vshost.exe file.

None of the 54 anti-virus programs detected the Sony.vshost.exe file.

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5dbd8bc6438e1011ca1b796c7a9c78d78
SHA256280fdcaf69c8f7145446c8bc342fa4a0c7ff0abfed111c5f72b520f479fde785

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to sony.vshost.exe:

sony.vshost.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

sony.vshost.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.

vshost32.exe has stopped working.

End Program - sony.vshost.exe. This program is not responding.

sony.vshost.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

sony.vshost.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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