ctxlcs.exe
Sources: 300M+ executions observed in the wild.
Summary
Citrix Licensing Client Service - handles Citrix license checkout and compliance.
ctxlcs.exe is the 629th most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 7,003 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Program Files (x86)\Citrix\Licensing\WebServicesForLicensing\Apache\bin and it is most often launched by httpd.exe.
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Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Citrix\Licensing\WebServicesForLicensing\Apache\bin100%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- 140655c5fbbee9c5dfd15caf61d380d891c563c3c3bd7d8745a916d0cb1d45e763.07%
- 727cb30d3bf1c9ffd6aa66cd97d4a8ff3ed573e04cf4ce192eceb7af5d800f2e36.93%
Process Ancestry
Top Parents
- httpd.exe99.76%
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