Dropbox.exe
Sources: 300M+ executions observed in the wild.
Summary
Dropbox desktop client provides file synchronization and cloud storage integration with Windows Explorer.
Dropbox.exe is the 149th most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 115,401 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Users\... and it is most often launched by Dropbox.exe.
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Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Users\...90.79%
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client8.75%
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client_48.4.580.02%
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client_50.4.710.02%
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client_44.4.580.02%
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client_46.4.650.02%
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client_47.4.740.02%
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client_43.4.500.02%
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client_45.4.920.02%
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client_49.4.690.02%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- 3ce6cdc1680299928e92390b875a96e327d63c4d5e6a6a4fe3c3665ed83a761b8.64%
- 603c630575951fa1a0dbe08d0b7144ad921f18b657d691a2c580d5839cc6b1668.22%
- d37cc22bd382ef4b81b46c85bddfeb4ca6b745201c6e9cb8e5978c5ee3e62bde6.33%
- 07236214eaaf197cf1d300f58a676fa4ed3d42a71e196a9970a431b67c0551995.99%
- 168801be601695325103a5396d79cc29e2d6c7aa4108501416ac4ed33373e6b85.61%
- 9b244a225dde08dbd4c511f16a43525ee2dee08784459dd424650b368fd14c154.64%
- e7163a50dbb24a40cacb9eb8300363ba9fcb6a1dd8d77e13531a29cd3538de0b4.63%
- fa4bf91a5bf4bd718ed28d796e589592943063e82b75b11705b68f56332068d24.44%
- 309cb4b6b4e1b3e85a6d982e8f2a5d4921f2ccd584b92d1daba498152d3625c93.99%
- ad82841c6e5322226f99d603ded0100f33a9fdf2cda050f9af15e84f5ddb54f73.86%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- runonce.exe37.11%
- explorer.exe30.2%
- DropboxUpdate.exe23.6%
- userinit.exe4.88%
- Dropbox.exe0.34%
- winlogon.exe0.25%
- SubmitTelem.exe0.02%
- svchost.exe0.02%
- GoogleUpdate.exe0.01%
Top Parents
- Dropbox.exe94.83%
- runonce.exe1.69%
- explorer.exe1.37%
- DropboxUpdate.exe0.58%
Top Children
- Dropbox.exe95.73%
- regsvr32.exe1.6%
- netsh.exe0.86%
- powershell.exe0.67%
- cmd.exe0.37%
- sc.exe0.11%
- chrome.exe0.02%
- explorer.exe0.01%
Security Analysis
What does Dropbox.exe normally do?
Part of Dropbox software. Normal operation.
When is Dropbox.exe suspicious?
Running from unexpected paths.
How do attackers abuse Dropbox.exe?
Not commonly abused.
Detection guidance
No specific detection needed.
False positive notes
Normal Dropbox operation.
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