task.exe
Sources: 300M+ executions observed in the wild.
Summary
Generic task executor - executes scheduled or on-demand tasks for various management platforms.
task.exe is the 484th most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 12,653 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Program Files\Intel\SUR\QUEENCREEK and it is most often launched by cmd.exe.
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Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Program Files\Intel\SUR\QUEENCREEK95.69%
- C:\Program Files\Intel\SUR\QUEENCREEK\x644.31%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- 3f64057d28ba63f7ad6c980dde20618cde7cff73f786e3e381d2244743c674b795.68%
- c755e5b144848eaf5356b5eedb259628fb8d08e3f6d2f0c7d8438b00c57cf3e43.37%
- 068d1e2918e19098b981eae580fe0ec7ffe5c6f4497e6b9e38b1666c29b5fbab0.62%
- 1eff3995682fdab6118df7cd3f1ed31c5aa1a23b292df8ded6392344d819ca430.2%
- b655de6697f563de0cd0d9f66192f96d41e4861375f92daecec00855bdaf8a320.13%
- 70dc12b0aa79f55c69753339656e8cb17dbae2b2d167a446ecc71b00bbcf6ca00.01%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- wscript.exe99.96%
- svchost.exe0.02%
- cmd.exe0.01%
- mighost.exe0.01%
Top Parents
- cmd.exe99.96%
- conhost.exe0.01%
- find.exe0.01%
- Microsoft.Photos.exe0.01%
- msfeedssync.exe0.01%
Top Children
- esrv.exe100%
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