chcp.com
Sources: 300M+ executions observed in the wild.
Summary
Windows Change Code Page command - displays or changes the active console code page for character encoding.
chcp.com is the 261st most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 48,447 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Windows\System32 and it is most often launched by cmd.exe.
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Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Windows\System3299.82%
- C:\Windows\SysWOW640.18%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- bbe1338bdb48136b090718bbaf6345b8a6a31998ea97a6dd54996211bf5185ab53.81%
- c5d29fd4a61366c3f1dcbf5066254de119ca1cf743e1c637310b001ba86b2a4520.56%
- 025622772afb1486f4f7000b70cc51a20a640474d6e4dbe95a70beb3fd53ad4012.52%
- c6c6afb19bc8fd23ddccf6bb8e372b475f90e4757a5a7f021298862854bd79ca5.52%
- d669e9dc381759520bbfbbd8ecff201af34914326cba580e611b35702c1d34bd4.67%
- ab5581453ba81f7ef13a7800ce2f94b46f74e36991b6ff61115c353b025ae53b0.93%
- 27a4e9f4699e4e592f385dc018e4eb4d7bdaae437434237db1350b14851c8bf90.87%
- a4b7008f01941927476eb733e80808eabbb9e8051bd4bb20444daebf88fe277e0.38%
- 9fdbdf88cf2bb2794c416e3083553f2898ac9dc92dfac2478b4c1df667df7c740.32%
- 1262351d764fb4baa16acff7fb89d9715cff7b4641eec1ab4dffba2e7a53d79b0.18%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- PanGpHip.exe2.94%
- cscript.exe0.05%
- cmd.exe0.02%
- Update.exe0.02%
Top Parents
- cmd.exe99.34%
- nuix_app.exe0.02%
- Nuix-REST.exe0.01%
Top Children
- conhost.exe100%
Security Analysis
What does chcp.com normally do?
Used in batch scripts to set console code page (e.g., chcp 65001 for UTF-8). Common in internationalized environments.
False positive notes
Very common in batch scripts. Harmless utility.
Related Processes
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