ct-updater.exe
Sources: 300M+ executions observed in the wild.
Summary
CT Updater - content/signature updater for security or management agents.
ct-updater.exe is the 754th most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 4,485 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from E:\Program Files (x86)\PSChiro\AutoUpdate and it is most often launched by svchost.exe.
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Behavior
Top Paths
- E:\Program Files (x86)\PSChiro\AutoUpdate100%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- ebb18a8712791f744f7632b631a9789c4fc9d6b201c85ca70d05b299d0a4126b100%
Process Ancestry
Top Parents
- svchost.exe100%
Top Children
- conhost.exe100%
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