software-scanner.exe
Sources: 300M+ executions observed in the wild.
Summary
Software Scanner - scans installed software for inventory/compliance.
software-scanner.exe is the 720th most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 4,903 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Program Files (x86)\Msp Agent\components\software-scanner\5.1.0 and it is most often launched by msp-agent-core.exe.
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Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Msp Agent\components\software-scanner\5.1.033.18%
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Msp Agent\components\software-scanner\1.21.030.19%
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Msp Agent\components\software-scanner\1.29.023.66%
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Msp Agent\components\software-scanner\1.15.012.97%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- f9809c2d8ac35471925fedb79b0b8162ce19b24fdf38bdc3788cacb0c8a17c6233.2%
- f3313ecee00960565455c67de3c3f1fea57ce505c13834711bcaa908e5e5b58f30.18%
- 7bd8200bdf0d9d994a1340c076091529b64d350f1f1c418a83ff387b856524ec23.65%
- 25de91dfee5c2c970915696ae82001701f69deb2ce7cfc84b9ddb39089db090212.97%
Process Ancestry
Top Parents
Top Children
- conhost.exe92.75%
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