avastnm.exe
by Avast / Gen Digital
Endpoint Security
Summary
Avast native messaging host for browser extension
avastnm.exe is the 1428th most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 818 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Avast and it is most often launched by cmd.exe.
1428th
most commonly executed Windows program
818
observed executions
low
statistical confidence
Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Avast100%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- 8534d9a8a65c18fc23e5df4a732973b14c885d1556e1c74ff07a0b570637a07a33.62%
- 242deb583535f9028790f6c64b2d88b5e5f4dd005bdf2ce4ad38bb25b067b21e21.71%
- 93afa51cb9f588247aa62bf311a1e658aab13c714af49e501986e41816513de513.4%
- 49de43383e01d52065ac5a5d1eee5b04653df4b093f543ff76c3de57ca80a55f8.06%
- 09c978b7a2b9483a86f7a1d7f687ec303c5f2c025851d5db568c541e02f840fc6.7%
- 5f2171fad7cb7f7529b1c78727f7daf3b5aea6f0d0313db1fc1147073150d0e36.45%
- 2ecd9b86f9c306db937b370c55f7039023910d8b5d0e5cd5766272d533a1e4d36.2%
- 859530d8775e5dd87b4dbf11684889bba2fdc6534168e9233bbbaabef884d3e71.74%
- ba66e2e85300e83afb8ba4313c51ec15156069af15d2c1e67ba483d0d5e1d0de0.99%
- 753401393e721d303b97e53c5ec349957c1c454329435aa4b2ee0d04a3df8da40.5%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- AvastSvc.exe41.67%
- AvastBrowser.exe33.33%
- instup.exe16.67%
- SystemSettings.exe8.33%
Top Parents
- cmd.exe96.58%
- instup.exe3.42%
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.