What is listener.exe?

listener.exe is part of VaioCare Sample Collector Service and developed by Sony of America Corporation according to the listener.exe version information.

listener.exe's description is "VaioCare Window Listener Application"

listener.exe is digitally signed by Sony Corporation of America.

listener.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on listener.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameVaioCare Sample Collector Service
Company nameSony of America Corporation
File descriptionVaioCare Window Listener Application
Internal namelistener
Original filenamelistener.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2010
Product version3, 0, 0, 407
File version3, 0, 0, 407

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

Product nameVaioCare Sample Collector Service
Company nameSony of America Corporation
File descriptionVaioCare Window Listener Application
Internal namelistener
Original filenamelistener.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2010
Product version3, 0, 0, 407
File version3, 0, 0, 407

Digital signatures [?]

listener.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameSony Corporation of America
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA
Certificate serial number1df05ca86f4c09d8245585c88922eb0d

VirusTotal report

None of the 47 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the listener.exe file.

None of the 47 anti-virus programs detected the listener.exe file.

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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD54d96f6f7508bdf46771262eeea505f98
SHA256b2d92506dbabad060ee63673cc15ae84c99d7203ed14e681d55793f4e8708005

Error Messages

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

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

listener.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.

VaioCare Window Listener Application has stopped working.

End Program - listener.exe. This program is not responding.

listener.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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