ADSCustomHook.exe
Summary
Adobe Desktop Service custom hook for Creative Cloud desktop integration
ADSCustomHook.exe is the 2783rd most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 121 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Adobe Desktop Common\ADS\customHook and it is most often launched by CreativeCloudSet-Up.exe.
Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Adobe Desktop Common\ADS\customHook100%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- 00dab57e88f593963665848b9f0a4ddfd5fceb5e34b86ce7fcd6f718a6325a2814.91%
- ae44ed0166e3c98b08b76f8bb787d9e40df5e608c2dcf1955253d11465801c2212.28%
- b6d9bfcdc5534b1889c05dec7c996f7f4088048e56c08e89d5a037032a6d2c3611.4%
- c761ddc57dd4d8b02a6e0f345f633509f1266d8ed90dde199c4fa0b97e2ee51a10.53%
- accf12d1958d09d586aff4b02d96a2661db6793b75513bef9ea448fd02729ac98.77%
- e1f0b5d4d1c4bc9f907472af318aacb3be03474726d71efd7de3903ada31bf885.26%
- 56b8b8e4c018638777f913b78a39ba85ba0652031196ebd99e36e9f3b4625f2f4.39%
- 7c6ade12930e17fc9a6c83eecf643081a58c01a70dcff4c75930b63d31c4afb34.39%
- 316ffa3524a3e48efbe96452345b8380a83685914bf02188d1ece0177d1f14ee3.51%
- 7aa3b0784e49ffc78d27c126cc15872984ed6924257891f41ebea41959ab49133.51%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- AdobeUpdateService.exe88.64%
Top Parents
- CreativeCloudSet-Up.exe91.74%
Rare or environment-specific process names are omitted from ancestry tables. Percentages are of all observed relationships.
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Data from EchoTrail's dataset of ~346M Windows process executions. Last extracted 2026-08-04.