GoogleCrashHandler.exe
Sources: 300M+ executions observed in the wild.
Summary
Google Crash Handler (32-bit) - collects and reports crash data for Google applications.
GoogleCrashHandler.exe is the 175th most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 91,692 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\1.3.33.7 and it is most often launched by GoogleUpdate.exe.
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Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\1.3.33.727.92%
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\1.3.33.1713.83%
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\1.3.35.4527.95%
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\1.3.34.116.05%
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\1.3.33.54.36%
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\1.3.33.234.3%
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\1.3.36.1523.26%
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\1.3.34.73.08%
- C:\Users\...3%
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\1.3.36.822.51%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- 996cae130528d585bf4c1d60123272b7ebaad73bd005dbed96c3c95e198a2b4230%
- 617def10fb5cd04434532e2803f07489a82494f76dc177e0ce7e8c70f66729c014.88%
- 3c05caf977003005770bca7cd4c4586a3c2c2b749a5bb8659af50b8637f5ac5e8.8%
- aff4f2d3049b10893265524f4f1eeb297a60a9414f80ea3695bf1c58de2bc43d5.28%
- 29e405dd4be9107382cb22f636801ae5c239bfbfe20c76c9f477c2ab220079924.37%
- cdec9b206ea1ca4ce755bf9b967a0c5861de77a80962af79c4181f42fce097063.79%
- c94dcb40543cb405474597c7e7c9d8ef558b1422797752625db9ca4faf53689c3.55%
- 6d67fc790835b85e7b14def65958d9b30e0f6e6bc6d4ead40960a3ca993353ed2.65%
- 413771b6008a8586383a918019345e431e576cc0f3638dff2fa7af73311de5072.32%
- e66c102ceee633205286f122458a1bade0738a35cdfd7988ec442886aa5c50072.27%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- svchost.exe75.94%
- GoogleUpdate.exe14.23%
- taskeng.exe8.09%
- services.exe1.34%
- GoogleUpdateCore.exe0.39%
- backgroundTaskHost.exe<0.01%
- explorer.exe<0.01%
- FCHelper64.exe<0.01%
- SearchIndexer.exe<0.01%
Top Parents
- GoogleUpdate.exe99.97%
- svchost.exe<0.01%
- smartscreen.exe<0.01%
- backgroundTaskHost.exe<0.01%
- dasHost.exe<0.01%
- expand.exe<0.01%
- filecoauth.exe<0.01%
- FortiTray.exe<0.01%
- googledrivesync.exe<0.01%
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