updatechecker.exe
Sources: 300M+ executions observed in the wild.
Summary
Update Checker - checks for application or system updates.
updatechecker.exe is the 831st most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 3,531 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Program Files (x86)\ASUS\ASUS Live Update and it is most often launched by svchost.exe.
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Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Program Files (x86)\ASUS\ASUS Live Update100%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- 0495e5c5946b704b499fb3edea229c211e4ccf6f8e8a67caacc9fe487d1d8dae78.67%
- 3a17bab208532eb60bcc9f84d2c15684cc668f00fcedb7d5f52f134522922ab221.07%
- 3c4822a95bc0d6972c002677202149a3f7ae34faf6cc16dd64845695e1e775c50.13%
- 75a12d46bf41b191ad154d656d55fc68382f7749fd175ab64df726cf30ce18740.13%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- services.exe100%
Top Parents
- svchost.exe100%
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