KAPS.exe
by Various
Endpoint Security
Sources: 300M+ executions observed in the wild.
Summary
KAPS agent process - likely a Kaspersky or other security agent component.
KAPS.exe is the 424th most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 16,790 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Windows\System32\drivers\RivetNetworks\Killer and it is most often launched by KAPS.exe.
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424th
most commonly executed Windows program
16,790
observed endpoint executions
Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Windows\System32\drivers\RivetNetworks\Killer100%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- c1c984a780bfe9927ec142c09e36920cd34b51de5200ee12518a30cd7cb4048d99.43%
- 0831f4921296dd6af987d24e33542a2b84b74182a010d56ff914fef65594aa5d0.48%
- 723177be2ceb161661ee80006b0f178ebb513e132c333fccf15ff4b616922ecd0.09%
Process Ancestry
Top Parents
- KAPS.exe99.32%
- KAPSService.exe0.68%
Top Children
- KAPS.exe99.84%
- WMIC.exe0.16%
- WerFault.exe0.01%
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