BackgroundDownload.exe
Sources: 300M+ executions observed in the wild.
Summary
Background Download - handles background file downloads for apps or updates.
BackgroundDownload.exe is the 1164th most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 1,433 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\resources\app\ServiceHub\Services\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.Service and it is most often launched by svchost.exe.
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Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\resources\app\ServiceHub\Services\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.Service94.35%
- C:\Users\...5.65%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- adb2fe2699016ce8980d38d2c7101b134638223be1dfa4c80bfcfb69f634249e50.94%
- 88584c1444fc5ead92fb1fcfcf7d8b546f842261eb3af82714a6574f30123bff27.84%
- d9e1fbe156dcc2125d5a930e01b6f2e49d1dff2f61bd85def7274ae2b7aa5b3b12.35%
- 892a92e017a55c7150c932bff1e2e6e1ad225862ece40266f789105d904a57304.4%
- 42ff77be7a46ad78b43f184cde144f283848b4b4327705cf7a42f2ff742a53042.02%
- df3263001342097ce5b7aac0d88307cf96dff4aadce9c0322651d075dd9366801.74%
- f85ca16bbb7b6f10dc20e4e4eef6e30cba295b7222878873c3b88354e22b70860.7%
Process Ancestry
Top Parents
- svchost.exe59.94%
- devenv.exe33.71%
Top Children
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