What is sony.exe?

sony.exe is developed by Microsoft Corporation according to the sony.exe version information.

sony.exe's description is "Windows Live Messenger"

sony.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Documents and Settings\roger\Desktop\m\63\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected sony.exe.

If you have additional information about the file, please share it with the FreeFixer users by posting a comment at the bottom of this page.

VirusTotal report

32 of the 41 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the sony.exe file. That's a 78% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
a-squared	Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Bagle.jc!IK
AhnLab-V3	Packed/Win32.Black
AntiVir	TR/Crypt.FKM.Gen
Antiy-AVL	Packed/Win32.Black.gen
Authentium	W32/Themida_Packed!Eldorado
Avast	Win32:Malware-gen
Avast5	Win32:Malware-gen
AVG	Win32/Themida
BitDefender	Trojan.Packed.Libix.Gen.1
CAT-QuickHeal	Trojan.Black.a
Comodo	TrojWare.Win32.Spy.Banker.Gen
DrWeb	Trojan.Packed.650
F-Prot	W32/Themida_Packed!Eldorado
F-Secure	Trojan.Packed.Libix.Gen.1
Fortinet	W32/Packed.2D18!tr
GData	Trojan.Packed.Libix.Gen.1
Ikarus	Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Bagle.jc
Kaspersky	Packed.Win32.Black.a
McAfee	New Malware.jn
McAfee-GW-Edition	Artemis!B584D6EB5441
Microsoft	TrojanSpy:Win32/Bancos.RH
NOD32	Win32/PSW.FakeMSN.NAN
Norman	W32/Bagle.VWJ
Panda	Trj/Thed.C
PCTools	Spyware.Keylogger
Prevx	High Risk Spyware
Rising	Trojan.Win32.Generic.5200FF47
Sophos	Mal/BankSpy-C
Sunbelt	VirTool.Win32.Obfuscator
Symantec	Spyware.Keylogger
TheHacker	W32/Behav-Heuristic-064
VirusBuster	Packed/Themida

sony.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove sony.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the sony.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that sony.exe has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:

1. Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
2. Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.

   
3. When the scan is finished, locate sony.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the sony.exe file. Do not check any other file for removal unless you are 100% sure you want to delete it. Tip: Press CTRL-F to open up FreeFixer's search dialog to quickly locate sony.exe in the scan result.

   

   

   C:\Documents and Settings\roger\Desktop\m\63\sony.exe

   
4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the sony.exe file.

   
5. Restart your computer.
6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If sony.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If sony.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
7. If sony.exe still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
8. Restart your computer.
9. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that sony.exe no longer appear in the scan result.

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with sony.exe. 95% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 22 users.

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with sony.exe.

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