cytray.exe
Sources: 300M+ executions observed in the wild.
Summary
Cylance System Tray - user interface tray icon for Cylance PROTECT status and notifications.
cytray.exe is the 863rd most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 3,203 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Program Files\Palo Alto Networks\Traps and it is most often launched by explorer.exe.
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Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Program Files\Palo Alto Networks\Traps100%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- 1c45731ba90e34c628847b5d19c6b043a08b544922a6779dfc16f0508a02687d81.05%
- 116db64427dc9b155dd8e933cbf14134a19a67779e9ee3e56f40d08398b9af5416.67%
- 5a0e78f2317dcd36c07a88dfd74573b7d809af1844116065c359777ac21e12d91.4%
- 4500e56ccdd294012603ce15ad05fe2c779a628f6fc05333c69a690e950fef4d0.59%
- ce920626b4d695b53f8b1ac6ad6451ebd560749440fd440197c0f196f34e42d10.28%
Process Ancestry
Top Parents
- explorer.exe98.84%
- msiexec.exe0.59%
- rundll32.exe0.03%
Top Children
- WerFault.exe50%
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