MicrosoftPdfReader.exe
Sources: 300M+ executions observed in the wild.
Summary
Microsoft PDF Reader (UWP) - built-in PDF viewer included with Windows 8/10.
MicrosoftPdfReader.exe is the 432nd most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 15,768 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe and it is most often launched by svchost.exe.
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Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe100%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- b5e1b57eb1faceb4ea0d607a161eebef6841bac3ee0054ded222c1981e5eae8015.64%
- 720afff2c7d1183288fcad0a0b221a3a613e2762e7497c42c4f4a485ff1151ac12.96%
- 41f9972a8bf35a74e30dfc6ab8db48228837800db02b814d88d690c290fd971f9.9%
- 49f9c1d634fd159ebf810e95e0b97c0026cd7423450186eb648f224f1777f9c78.49%
- f1d6c1a359a217b2f181e55d2257d74eba1290358a5f24cba66987b1775135c14.86%
- af3e6ed90c870f9a3881927b36ce8b71fd8534ab665d19921b9a13a709fbf5f24.64%
- cdf9f71049194b9ede9401739fb0d74cc4956635bf9aa47f1d89531b205c1aec3.65%
- a1afbb16b4de40d907c79000bf58ccc98fb116ea61e0c01d5da4a1129cdf05d63.32%
- ab759a3cb34aeba197dc45b7d28b05b37149a9f88973e97260fa762aa83c91152.88%
- 2a4ab3ccbc9188c30c8a3c077a7d6b4be2339052decec6d5c6cb12bebcb3d32d2.74%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- services.exe100%
Top Parents
- svchost.exe100%
Top Children
- WerFault.exe100%
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