AMPWatchDog.exe
by Cisco
Endpoint Security
Summary
Cisco AMP (Secure Endpoint) watchdog process
AMPWatchDog.exe is the 2538th most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 156 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Program Files (x86)\Quest\KACE and it is most often launched by services.exe.
2538th
most commonly executed Windows program
156
observed executions
low
statistical confidence
Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Quest\KACE97.44%
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Dell\KACE2.56%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- dc29c6dddb4b95446e85f74585b8d1310648bdc745442fe1ebaad2b2bbe86bb697.44%
- 4cd4e056d5fd41ac3c9b324da45d860230fa4c0cf2003c5e95b84d843cbe3b892.56%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- wininit.exe100%
Top Parents
- services.exe100%
Top Children
- NETSTAT.EXE94.7%
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.