AMPWatchDog.exe
by Cisco
Endpoint Security
Sources: 300M+ executions observed in the wild.
Summary
Cisco AMP (Secure Endpoint) watchdog process
AMPWatchDog.exe is the 2538th most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 156 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Program Files (x86)\Quest\KACE and it is most often launched by services.exe.
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2538th
most commonly executed Windows program
156
observed endpoint executions
Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Quest\KACE97.44%
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Dell\KACE2.56%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- dc29c6dddb4b95446e85f74585b8d1310648bdc745442fe1ebaad2b2bbe86bb697.44%
- 4cd4e056d5fd41ac3c9b324da45d860230fa4c0cf2003c5e95b84d843cbe3b892.56%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- wininit.exe100%
Top Parents
- services.exe100%
Top Children
- NETSTAT.EXE94.7%
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