Teams.exe
Sources: 300M+ executions observed in the wild.
Summary
Microsoft Teams collaboration and communication platform. Runs as a desktop application with multiple supporting processes for chat, video, and file sharing.
Teams.exe is the 81st most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 319,814 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Users\... and it is most often launched by Teams.exe.
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Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Users\...98.9%
- C:\ProgramData\...0.74%
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Teams Installer0.36%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- 50795485371640d3673663122e82e1a5a08f2b0c56846c29bd65caaaace4499c10.15%
- e71b983cf91e6b0cbacaa2ce58d6d7d3e59b51293b497c0caceee5ef95fe09438.12%
- 26356faabe081dc000c937abf374006f6f5f2a1f2ab9af0ce5a64932c3d439606.86%
- 06736a5f086b96bb5787165f7d724e0feeaf51d46149f984f45a229a10028ebf5.81%
- dfcfbc2ad998281285333ba47ff081df46c0785e5927d7fcf8d9c3895769ed6d5.69%
- c0c5817e57dd83efc5552c0544bbbff4e3ed331e4144ad711917c4233a1446994.19%
- aeaaa1b71d2fd8d306ba982fcee17a1167eea0ad8c175bd127b19dee49d4d3583.18%
- 76ff37bdd03dfe5ecc59f095ed8450dc54d0ff4b4cf5dbdf69fd59665346a2c93.15%
- 3a1e31d2e7c8296ab34c0067daa4c163511e41b2848b814002b20926d68c31b43.06%
- d244ee0c9b90da1a6d4bd91b0f9077b93f10e83b73d447d116aab5e79241ccdf3.05%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- Update.exe81.39%
- Teams.exe15.54%
- explorer.exe2.28%
- svchost.exe0.18%
- userinit.exe0.16%
- RuntimeBroker.exe0.13%
- lync.exe0.09%
- services.exe0.04%
- opera.exe0.04%
- WerFault.exe0.02%
Top Parents
- Teams.exe97.84%
- Update.exe1.66%
- runonce.exe0.36%
- OUTLOOK.EXE0.06%
- chrome.exe0.02%
- explorer.exe0.02%
- svchost.exe0.01%
- RuntimeBroker.exe0.01%
- msedge.exe<0.01%
- brave.exe<0.01%
Top Children
- Teams.exe97.09%
- Update.exe2.66%
- msedge.exe0.1%
- chrome.exe0.06%
- BrowserCore.exe0.05%
- brave.exe0.02%
- protocolhandler.exe0.02%
- taskkill.exe<0.01%
- WerFault.exe<0.01%
- firefox.exe<0.01%
Security Analysis
What does Teams.exe normally do?
Runs as a desktop application. Multiple processes for different Teams functions.
When is Teams.exe suspicious?
Spawning shells (cmd.exe, powershell.exe). Running from unexpected paths. DLL sideloading.
How do attackers abuse Teams.exe?
Not commonly targeted for direct abuse.
Detection guidance
Monitor for shell spawning. DLL sideloading via application directories.
False positive notes
Multiple instances are normal. Update processes may spawn temporarily.
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