vs_installerservice.exe
Sources: 300M+ executions observed in the wild.
Summary
ServiceHub.Host.CLR
vs_installerservice.exe is the 5484th most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 14 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\resources\app\ServiceHub\Hosts\Microsoft.ServiceHub.Host.CLR and it is most often launched by vs_installershell.exe.
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Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\resources\app\ServiceHub\Hosts\Microsoft.ServiceHub.Host.CLR100%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- e88871c4794c19ebe10bcaff1b6a8f8044ee8a57db416cc2eaa4b58d84e4f16490%
- 43b5b61fab82249d8117e56dd81263a243f521d143ac9e450e96a2129939ae3610%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- cmd.exe100%
Top Parents
Top Children
- conhost.exe19.44%
- ngen.exe13.89%
- sc.exe11.11%
- VC_redist.x86.exe4.17%
- explorer.exe2.78%
- vc_redist.x64.exe2.78%
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