• Properties:

• System Process: No
• Background Process: Yes
• Application Process:No
• Common Path:
  C:\ Program Files\ Sony\ VAIO Action Setup\ VAServ.exe
• Uses Network:No
• Uses Internet:No

Description:

The process vaserv.exe is installed along with Vaio notebooks by Sony. When you plugin a digital camera, video camera or other device into your computer via iLink (FireWire) or USB, this process will run the right application in order to handle the device provided data. If you use this feature, you should leave this process running. There is an icon for this program on the taskbar next to the clock. The vaserv.exe file is able to record data input.

The process vaserv.exe is also related to the following processes:

dragdrop.exe

ezsp_px.exe

hkserv.exe

hkwnd.exe

msstat.exe

The file vaserv.exe has known file sizes of 40960 bytes (83% of all occurrences) and 53248 bytes on Windows XP. Currently, the process vaserv.exe is registered by the Process Server database to Sony. The Process Server database is often updated, inaccuracies can always exist, usually the result of viruses that name themselves after legit files like the Vaio Setup Server file. It is best to play it safe by verifying your results. This file is not digitally signed. This means that the publisher of this software Sony Corporation did not sign the file vaserv.exe with a certificate from a trusted windows source. Many publishers (even Microsoft) do not sign all their files, so this does not indicate that the file is suspect. Determining whether the vaserv.exe file is legitimate or a virus depends on where it runs from.

Recommendations:

This is a safe process. There is no necessity to remove this process from your system or change it in any way.