ai.exe
Sources: 300M+ executions observed in the wild.
Summary
Artificial Intelligence host process for the Microsoft Windows Operating System and Platform (x64)
ai.exe is the 842nd most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 3,475 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE16 and it is most often launched by OUTLOOK.EXE.
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Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE1671.65%
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\root\VFS\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE1618.91%
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\root\VFS\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE16\AI9.44%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- c27889595f7e636842b7f7702ea8fc7a101d7f8f4bd2885d61fc6539e2b05cc142.82%
- 1a1278d5b151ca6af04a2bbbb30588f19dc4404697997bfb4a1d25b96a57a41630.68%
- d66f0003bb089cc68409cdb0866635977a830f243d16b8170db10aa3db70b3323.77%
- 4a86c28a5264d6d8583072579ebb98c3f031dadb5aaa67d31a79bd744ee0b5a82.33%
- 146d5ef4c15777f5a7c01c07c116c23c007346e2124b1611494f10e14c1a8b332.01%
- 8ab8a9fd4ce7937be687a52e10dd959077696483eb532648d13234e5c77eb8ec1.53%
- ac300f48fc67a803b05a12779605c33ebfeb62f96716756a17e8d98186b28eed1.5%
- 70f02f6ffeff6e096565b7cd1fbcafccf1b07af69fc64b48990d790544edafac1.47%
- 0cec283ef42b26b9b8169977697f811d5aebc301a7fec58af823d6711b4bcf281.35%
- fcda18fe6bcbc920e724ef71fa8b429197c543338df7e257184817f353067afc1.27%
Process Ancestry
Top Parents
- OUTLOOK.EXE49.29%
- WINWORD.EXE46.04%
- POWERPNT.EXE3.74%
- ONENOTE.EXE0.81%
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