gccustomhook.exe
Sources: 300M+ executions observed in the wild.
Summary
Adobe Genuine Copy custom hook for software license validation
gccustomhook.exe is the 2293rd most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 214 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\OOBE\PDApp\AdobeGCClient\customhook and it is most often launched by msiexec.exe.
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Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\OOBE\PDApp\AdobeGCClient\customhook81.78%
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Adobe Desktop Common\AdobeGenuineClient\customhook18.22%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- 47692c30fe570a4685fa302972595ce2e5f35764d9cb15110db1dd88da16dac463.68%
- e315508c21ba21f0d8ce9fde586a00d61d8952925529bf2cedb7e708bdd80c919.45%
- 21e873caef2ce46a1b847edcbb65ce35a1cabbd9d3d4e6fb8f61deee850a8a856.47%
- b2121b5c460ea005f274105d47216961eb4297df104af254863d0c2ce05b9fb95.97%
- 3ffae0c3dcb502ff809c9ca3bb420a6cdca86bf59c857c93bcc50cd142629a693.98%
- 444d78f5001b5fbb42165eb2123f51f6ea60ef33490741b239dd96050d5eedb73.98%
- c01b491dec0fd4e805301cebb7343b997f4fbb4afead3c48206a4826f26efc422.99%
- 83b22ae99597defa391bf4106aad91025bdd4bfeaba4a821147aea7c6ca153dc1.99%
- f514f27f1608236df9b94b43686cf1636ab9a678eb825f034570eb67687f68961.49%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- msiexec.exe64.38%
- AdobeUpdateService.exe23.29%
Top Parents
- msiexec.exe72.22%
- CreativeCloudSet-Up.exe17.59%
- Adobe Installer.exe6.02%
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