SearchUI.exe
Sources: 300M+ executions observed in the wild.
Summary
Windows Search UI (legacy Cortana) - provides the search bar and search experience in the Windows taskbar.
SearchUI.exe is the 351st most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 24,678 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy and it is most often launched by svchost.exe.
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Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy99.98%
- C:\Windows\Temp\...0.02%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- 9e21a959a575119174da54f890eca24d373fd57dbc0c232bb7fbe22ce57785d120.32%
- 9b8770c1befb3a8ff4621875c5d9d25aa338d9fc1a9c534c2c10aa9b95814b8b14.27%
- b687ff6085945c547ca780875b72caab418c890eb77c7035d3be609e778e05146.72%
- 19870c667f74d37eba5f02422b24b75c2d835181bc99f1c81facdd5818bd8c8b6.55%
- d5c8579822ecedea4b3580ffd9f1f8d52717e5cfa35d0861f87c19219724defc6.49%
- f4c33d33ecbf013416685afa96f5f44f832bc5a54d7ad9c20bb12ecbf7c4c4b76.08%
- c7e34c47e28ff5d6e6d2e2f764fce2754b52bf024a50968dc830183ffea885a92.24%
- 632c9ef4f26ce0c2aa415e1dc4c1515e0cd2a72422f3f81663ba612752ee6b722.16%
- 4c5901ee8a0454187e63fb29e9b157802b67e1cc0de3148b9b2a9273bf974dbc1.93%
- ae608505fbcfb5647822e77be2b5a3d1e74a06a3e70bfc17ad0ac16220439aaa1.92%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- services.exe100%
Top Parents
- svchost.exe99.99%
- explorer.exe0.01%
Top Children
- AuthHost.exe60.51%
- WerFault.exe39.49%
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