updateplatform.exe

by Microsoft
Operating System

Sources: 300M+ executions observed in the wild.

Summary

Windows Update Platform delivery service

updateplatform.exe is the 1377th most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 903 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download\Install and it is most often launched by wuauclt.exe.

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1377th
most commonly executed Windows program
903
observed endpoint executions

Behavior

Top Paths

  • C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download\Install99.89%
  • C:\Windows\Temp\...0.11%

Top Hashes (SHA256)

  • 3cfc6e930db5a981620238e1801756f93cd8be3fb9dc455c738d23e8ca2f83253.63%
  • 79e0ab827f0f4cc312957321c8556facdaec8ccb2ec569835b06ce4d252a956f3.63%
  • 8903da7a62351fa7e07247deafeb22c0627bdb66e109cfdd84d613ab9e955c833.54%
  • e1666884c7e1dcf69dffbdf811ccdad295497b1d9c4b4c096ccd1ebab4b340893.46%
  • 3bc7e14cc0bc8758824a02f6c5f5a0160a824fe279ddfdd20cfb6fbf55e997c72.78%
  • 060ee6103be50c819d086760c74ee3f0257561fe3dfbb0d5f1ff35aacaeb849a2.53%
  • 57bd19da0ce463099c76ddc24cd39169d22238fcce44e66b102d1fee8e3d625a2.53%
  • 629a904cddb268b27d56317eae153cf83650b4012720060161a7e1d02415e0812.53%
  • 64a99621a476fb3c20ebc4a0911e8a046f2eef5e8bb8486a86d72c1919e92bba2.53%
  • db3a3866ca536af32221e194ea1b21c38628a3c7c433fc8bb8f2d3b701e279982.45%

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