MsSense.exe
by Microsoft
Endpoint Security
Sources: 300M+ executions observed in the wild.
Summary
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint sensor service
MsSense.exe is the 2485th most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 169 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Program Files\Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection and it is most often launched by services.exe.
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2485th
most commonly executed Windows program
169
observed endpoint executions
Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Program Files\Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection100%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- 951b63830356c2ef07f1e96798c605cd22bc3783d070446d19ffc29c9400ab9e34.32%
- b6d35653f2a8c992ad9e4db3c891359073afe42e3b7254db47be406528a7db6618.34%
- 4cf0b923dbba7f6d0075e66e4678bc2ccc4ab1d79ceb8cb371114f8b1f9a020c17.75%
- 7aaef7d0582cbd4e6d075da1d3afa14923b42e958d8741c132f7b1a249afd6fa10.06%
- d9bd9372695e50ac017bfc3679583b2b1f45fc5242c262ec29483e737a50ef236.51%
- 219d04acb0d9e8b131438bf6e5a91ffa1fa58b8281b07dec863778ba7431e45f5.33%
- 474e25b66bee27049105201546880dc354e1edd734ccbcf899fcc548cc4e1b8d2.96%
- 7e1fc4099d171b405f0ed9a6241b5f5ae0f58dc4714ce2904c86f9d4d39ff4582.37%
- fb3d0e682715be59b52c133e8741dd46bc2108820f50e87108f73968ab1d28ab2.37%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- wininit.exe100%
Top Parents
- services.exe100%
Top Children
- WerFaultSecure.exe<0.01%
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