WindowsUpdateBox.exe
Sources: 300M+ executions observed in the wild.
Summary
Windows Update dialog box
WindowsUpdateBox.exe is the 1547th most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 639 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download\9eaee87abab23b313c5b7697b9a103ad and it is most often launched by wuauclt.exe.
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Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download\9eaee87abab23b313c5b7697b9a103ad11.54%
- C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download\3bbe913523b063ccd6f178f733c3e7426.71%
- C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download\2b9c48c3beadba0b56efa3009204ac3b5.77%
- C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download\6dccfa5f2b6b3fcf1488f468120421a74.68%
- C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download\5a223dad84471a4651eeae50b68300724.37%
- C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download\9f24bc49f22b4a2eda1267a5c08b09033.74%
- C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download\1e1311ab437e7a164204683b9686c9823.59%
- C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download\14bedb279a21ede251d44f486e7c5a223.43%
- C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download\397cffd104f9525702c352b7f8a906823.43%
- C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download\4be0d6645de8ab3a6edef3279123d1d43.43%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- 9e931b064b5e783056b2892c9411603f09aa25cb4e1c8d17029e0c4ef42a95f433.28%
- 4582083dc9ab8ed9cb9ea276fa01c49b318d4265f81ac961f913e344b2b4624d23.63%
- cd02e066003812c454e02125adb6b8e98abf2e8d1bbe1f2ee3f441d6ae65324011.25%
- b2a5bd1c90b36038d81d22a9c95d410b5b46c5695230156b1db7e38a598de8125.47%
- b93a92e007e78cae5ef432ca376286b7a4ac18cae3b842e3396aaad3cfd9e5c34.82%
- 140853e388db47408b6f0392914684294f8a8f4255134238a359b7573058fc383.7%
- 1f0d4a3f8d9c0f908b5cb0cbeb8f4307f1bafd0351b3e49f31c30ed9bb9ad52b3.54%
- 374e7b21ca912c846ead5694f6c46a4630ef14010e8d5ff924f340771ca08ad82.89%
- 38ea44332c8456f11f20f8b8ecc74dcf873b795275bc7ff77473d498879f80772.25%
- bf4590e2f419f62a5fc073d99a8d5960d3658172eba2b0f3fd0aac797ed580bd2.09%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- svchost.exe65.55%
- services.exe34.45%
Top Parents
- wuauclt.exe60.22%
- svchost.exe39.31%
Top Children
- setuphost.exe98.94%
- setupplatform.exe1.06%
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