PerfBoost.exe
Sources: 300M+ executions observed in the wild.
Summary
Performance Boost - performance optimization utility.
PerfBoost.exe is the 972nd most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 2,261 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\root\Office16 and it is most often launched by OfficeClickToRun.exe.
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Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\root\Office1674.37%
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office1625.63%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- ece68786c50e5d5056dc4d23ad541608902b5e4a2d8fc891a6c6ee48d0dae0262.41%
- 30428415e8ddbf0c05887aef4639994983f69381c721a0a818f7687b735bba7f2.33%
- e9c25de66a3906c395f588ad1827bc5be340e4fc2f43119c961c45b719a5e3eb2.09%
- 06ebbf8c6f91d5cad69685b443c5f563338a1dfc9d9345327109dacbff8d38fe2.04%
- c45559a62e3396132ef7062956f94aadfdb844fe41f5158fcc9572829a434eb51.78%
- d48231ce9ba0721f204ea8bba0db888cac9930a10867baf8debd1ebbbacd4c1b1.7%
- 4902e86ced17db08fd92e5885bfbb04ff19cb3175dbf3006691deeb9f9ddbf541.33%
- 4cb64eafb8bda2af46e4bd70fdd20e4d1204a4f3e84e2fab80ffae197f73d7771.06%
- e1e8c470841798e534900eef03dc1bf3c2271bb25f004793292d494d2e80daac1.03%
- 10c6e03ec3802ca70c5ee6479eaf17cafa31186f79a73181d6e66ed620a04ba21.01%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- userinit.exe100%
Top Parents
- OfficeClickToRun.exe99.69%
- explorer.exe0.22%
- conhost.exe0.04%
- WerFault.exe0.04%
Top Children
- conhost.exe100%
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