AM_Engine.exe
by Microsoft
Endpoint Security
Summary
Windows Defender Antimalware engine update
AM_Engine.exe is the 1959th most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 325 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download\Install and it is most often launched by wuauclt.exe.
1959th
most commonly executed Windows program
325
observed executions
low
statistical confidence
Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download\Install100%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- fa711581ee967ce29c364c3a5441e880e88b1843d910bfdbc62ce3276dad817814.42%
- fae1780178721b8bdebdf92a6e90e942bec1ed0e91950492f68e8e352a9cf8d512.54%
- d127d94227e3400d4bc2bfc9d287656bf6698d56486b6e479507a10edbdbdab49.4%
- 3a9b7c5eee1e8ebb87dd1890f8bd0212b75e336f712235f204ce95ce2683d38c8.78%
- 2f48875e2b0083bb972bcfcdfa28e59542b78a7ecd1a3c7aeea4ca0e1deeca677.21%
- 829a6c2018c5203379597d4efa64117163ba41373339d07e662e9348790e86683.45%
- dda85540002976d41f2eaf9d4b6e8c36d00830722d17e095f79ad1b47f18d92f3.13%
- f3c9bd98677b94a4a9dcc848ac81cdbff9f97dce4bf6659ee1ff6c26e6900a503.13%
- 846367da5912695da3a72a5c6ab11c4c098f6ac68801f25216c41674b87577482.51%
- 06c8c4822460817a7376e907187b2383fcebda234e47be4adb6857d6ffe64ffe2.19%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- svchost.exe100%
Top Parents
- wuauclt.exe99.69%
- wuaucltcore.exe0.31%
Top Children
- MpSigStub.exe100%
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.