EchoTrail

PickerHost.exe

by Microsoft
Operating System

Sources: 300M+ executions observed in the wild.

Summary

Windows Picker Host - hosts the file/contact/photo picker UI for UWP applications.

PickerHost.exe is the 677th most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 5,914 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Windows\System32 and it is most often launched by svchost.exe.

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677th
most commonly executed Windows program
5,914
observed endpoint executions

Behavior

Top Paths

  • C:\Windows\System32100%

Top Hashes (SHA256)

  • 88e97ca051740cf1255973fdd917971ab33aa3204f926fec574d1506f366f23f32.73%
  • 540b7d239d686faebf7ac426b5252dd9feebdfdb9a3212d3164ec3be05b4e57917.27%
  • 705bbcb05e6efe0a8b6fb142afd40f13beb92e4f51780999cd8305fb300acde815.8%
  • 3bd001720fe00b9a561045548fc0748e5080a7ed17c4d4c0028a0090ec3c9e5114.91%
  • 5c805ec4b0ed7d93c6a314e195cca4339bd10297d0173643c9f07be95cafea1f8.7%
  • 588dc21af079b3914d4cfcbea4de1ceffb66ad078e151caa5e23700ba4571d3f2.54%
  • 1daad9a09bc5bc51f41a34cb604106eebe1559d35e8464785601e3e6d98c3f171.97%
  • 30f058343faecb1ebd32c078176a8796076f69fd2283aa0efc38df0c82be4bf51.62%
  • e3bd7e8ec23840c3d4c256f11872f687d707ae403c49bf1eb71b604b33fc456c1.18%
  • 2fe89df706c2b56461d988c1e9b57c1c4fef94353d4e2bf267a99a7eb63846bf0.75%

Code Signing

Signers by share of executions

  • Microsoft WindowsValid
    Catalog signed · 1 hash
    100%
    Chain
    1. Microsoft Windows
    2. Microsoft Windows Production PCA 2011
    3. Microsoft Root Certificate Authority 2010
    Valid
    • Apr 16, 2026 to Oct 17, 2026
    Hashes
    • f163e71808dcc2006546b4d952f3f979e29f2a364523cd49995764306cc2ab24100% of executions, first seen Sep 10, 2026

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