avastbrowserupdate.exe
Summary
Avast Secure Browser Update - handles updates for the Avast Secure Browser.
avastbrowserupdate.exe is the 376th most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 21,898 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Update and it is most often launched by svchost.exe.
Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Update99.99%
- C:\ProgramData\...<0.01%
- C:\Program Files (x86)\GUM641A.tmp<0.01%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- 31292f17f7664429ec2dce21af9a9ad88169b2a0b9e025f556c32f54bd9c4f8184.01%
- bb8e6b0e62c199c3d72208bb5940b2416040cafb43d836fe5d4c8814beaa085f15.99%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- services.exe62.69%
- svchost.exe23.75%
- wininit.exe13.28%
Top Parents
- svchost.exe78.05%
- services.exe14.76%
Top Children
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.