pythonw.exe
by Python Software Foundation
Runtime
Sources: 300M+ executions observed in the wild.
Summary
Python (windowless) - runs Python scripts without a console window.
pythonw.exe is the 1130th most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 1,505 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Users\... and it is most often launched by pythonw.exe.
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1130th
most commonly executed Windows program
1,505
observed endpoint executions
Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Users\...90.17%
- C:\Program Files\GIMP 2\Python8.44%
- C:\...1.2%
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\15\pgAdmin 4\python0.2%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- 24a23f4890f89554cfc1893b38c282f5dc74abf66073a68a71c711a53cc651ea87.84%
- bb574437d74daa6ebd0a924b4ba68a24538aa3f06126b6d3ff429403187f0f754.72%
- bd64cf0e330ee1dbf571d308140121b4ee5902e55b406e644e6e7f815de9348c3.72%
- 26631d3248983fc73caf5361d137752528fd74aa7490a2485a038da4b74f933e0.8%
- 2ee7984e2cd50f05f12c97bceee7e9bc6365c6f0759e2bb7dcdac5046ab9a4170.53%
- cf50ce4474aa811d4ab00b44610a112244c2267018df15bbf352a8fe4119c9040.53%
- e095899451ef4b3ae100a6d6791cc9c4093ea1b241727ea67245f0b5576bd6d20.47%
- 82df551b4af413de7cc753dfd19f1fe5bd81c71b2047134b336aea7faf6949510.33%
- 8d340ffafbb1a3f293a3f0fe14cb12d767da8c19db9becaee44d30fad014bc5a0.2%
- 9863bad431e76d3790159f7d95e5a6978845076acf30d0015c2d9c1db6124e2c0.2%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- explorer.exe93.06%
- OpenWith.exe2.78%
- userinit.exe2.78%
Top Parents
- pythonw.exe84.85%
- gimp-2.8.exe8.44%
- explorer.exe5.38%
- python.exe0.33%
Top Children
- pythonw.exe88.74%
- cmd.exe11.26%
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