FCHelper64.exe

by Fortinet

Endpoint Security

Sources: 300M+ executions observed in the wild.

Summary

Fortinet FortiClient helper process. Supporting component of the FortiClient endpoint protection agent.

FCHelper64.exe is the 67th most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 447,727 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient and it is most often launched by svchost.exe.

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67th

most commonly executed Windows program

447,727

observed endpoint executions

Behavior

Top Paths

C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient93.24%
C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient\x646.76%

Top Hashes (SHA256)

25d5c3befa9630d06833d2a076914385f4af07f3534cf46acbb035528e23e40224.35%
b2ed1a40f6295a2621d88b3377b9adfc1412bcb6480bbca5dc095666cc3892c524.19%
766464ad5d5e334340203e80406b8f9bd24a66960316b0509c70c582138a39ea21.75%
e778c1c9d8eee72a462c1d170a4d710f3cde72a4b265ddda58f78d695c2913049.38%
71584d916b0a059ba9a7dcebd8128811d2e04c367f9291131efbda2e7b2dfa216.63%
375251c6a7cb5cc7aea033cf4f27421f31396e6f78616b71279210d954ce7cf15.97%
eb7bb77c38c6c7351c855c9d72ecf054436a33a41d70947e423df775b47d88444.68%
9982769828a93d29fcf8041588349d0978578067b7a764439695cb22fbfd3b881.65%
06f029d8d28ddf0b171ff0982496cb6d7f73cc1e89b2b3181f2e75c25531d0c10.76%
5a6fa2b7d5dd7524ba3c11f4fe99d6e882045a769d3a279ea12214fa0a13cdf10.26%

Process Ancestry

Top Grandparents

services.exe100%

Top Parents

svchost.exe99.58%

Top Children

Security Analysis

What does FCHelper64.exe normally do?

Part of Fortinet software.

When is FCHelper64.exe suspicious?

Running from unexpected paths.

How do attackers abuse FCHelper64.exe?

Not commonly abused.

Detection guidance

No specific detection needed.

False positive notes

Normal operation.

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