validator.exe
Sources: 300M+ executions observed in the wild.
Summary
Validator - generic validation utility for management/compliance platforms.
validator.exe is the 1319th most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 1,008 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Standalone Engine\engine1\engine\15475641969269566 and it is most often launched by SophosUpdate.exe.
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Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Standalone Engine\engine1\engine\1547564196926956663.1%
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Standalone Engine\engine1\engine\154168547706452772.88%
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Standalone Engine\engine1\engine\154170031206578012.68%
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Standalone Engine\engine1\engine\154168477201371942.58%
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Standalone Engine\engine1\engine\153918750941798321.59%
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Standalone Engine\engine1\engine\154756713125263821.59%
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Standalone Engine\engine1\engine\153917564787431641.49%
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Standalone Engine\engine1\engine\153917765787042001.49%
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Standalone Engine\engine1\engine\153918014922552951.49%
- C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Standalone Engine\engine1\engine\153918569481023071.49%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- d99724830572c8fe9452a003de322fb4ec25d05909f19ef9897940f32b4d649433.91%
- 50615898e806eeefda1dc1dd1214b515d763d63886064e6245e2fade5f686c4c33.62%
- 193a899e83987977549216efccbe96c347acec680ddbc0a98ac4073613a58f4a24.74%
- e8a7a6b7a191a237cb4a86b542346e47df993a9afb942259633db701e396bbcf7.73%
Process Ancestry
Top Parents
- SophosUpdate.exe99.1%
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