vcredist_x64.exe
Sources: 300M+ executions observed in the wild.
Summary
Visual C++ Redistributable Installer (64-bit) - installs Microsoft Visual C++ runtime libraries.
vcredist_x64.exe is the 1064th most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 1,764 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Adobe Desktop Common\Runtime\customhook\vc14\64bit and it is most often launched by vcredist_x64.exe.
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Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Adobe Desktop Common\Runtime\customhook\vc14\64bit49.49%
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Adobe Desktop Common\Runtime\customhook\vc13\64bit13.7%
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Adobe Desktop Common\Runtime\customhook\vc9\64bit6.85%
- C:\...5.66%
- C:\Users\...4.81%
- C:\Windows\ccmsetup4.53%
- C:\ProgramData\...3.4%
- C:\Program Files\Wireshark2.32%
- C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download\Install1.98%
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Adobe Desktop Common\Runtime\customhook\vc17\64bit1.7%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- df58f4aa566a10776c864c1007e0ac0987835fa1e9f7445bed8ba21a9101d41432.98%
- e554425243e3e8ca1cd5fe550db41e6fa58a007c74fad400274b128452f38fb818.32%
- d7257265dbc0635c96dd67ddf938a09abe0866cb2d4fa05f8b758c8644e724e413.01%
- 55bf99ad3f063165c3ee1626787b5d4c2b65b5001fef79dd58c3490369ed282f7.77%
- e8f443960b2f4a588902c3ed1603b07e29366b35d6cd1f06bc2544345d270d724.04%
- 52dcfaf0c7cf62c333e12457339a581ac369e06576f93ded45ac002a1b3621fb3.03%
- 681be3e5ba9fd3da02c09d7e565adfa078640ed66a0d58583efad2c1e3cc40642.91%
- da66717784c192f1004e856bbcf7b3e13b7bf3ea45932c48e4c9b9a50ca809652.02%
- c6cd2d3f0b11dc2a604ffdc4dd97861a83b77e21709ba71b962a47759c93f4c81.64%
- 8588eb697eb2049344e6206d2b66ff63104f1c55e553621ab8ecc504d6b9e9d41.39%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- setup.exe38.5%
- RuntimeCustomHook.exe35.04%
- ccmsetup.exe2.52%
- svchost.exe2.31%
- CcmEval.exe1.66%
- chrome.exe1.01%
- explorer.exe0.79%
- services.exe0.79%
- Wireshark.exe0.36%
Top Parents
- vcredist_x64.exe43.43%
- RuntimeCustomHook.exe40.43%
- ccmsetup.exe2.55%
- wuauclt.exe1.98%
- setup.exe0.79%
- msiexec.exe0.62%
- vcredist_x86.exe0.23%
- chrome.exe0.11%
- cmd.exe0.11%
Top Children
- vcredist_x64.exe73.82%
- vc_redist.x64.exe4.14%
- setup.exe3.37%
- msiexec.exe1.64%
- vcredist_x86.exe0.1%
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