CylanceUI.exe
Summary
Cylance PROTECT user interface - displays the Cylance endpoint protection status tray icon and notifications.
CylanceUI.exe is the 523rd most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 10,584 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Program Files\Cylance\Desktop and it is most often launched by explorer.exe.
Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Program Files\Cylance\Desktop95.01%
- C:\Program Files\Cylance4.99%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- 3d6b961bfbb104848ee6f81325ed96a79baf93bed58cfa95bcedf0189ff45a0a28.24%
- 202b08026f25e5cb9400c7f4b7f360e1dd04c90fa4f569c9d182285b5d087d8414.2%
- e6a7deab04594a47a187fe831c3e2f8c09ac7426acad0e3b864f69b8da2ebd2e10.09%
- 5722825e85574f35630c0cecc6c72813a787daa560ed839527d48c871db0b8f16.22%
- e7a7ef86919e113bff069618ac09c00834d88c555ba0ccb7d8d0ccfd0f0a7ae84.92%
- 124fb6efedbe083ee45a12bd0fe99dbcab0ed7e99f19576a63791323a9db27f34.68%
- ea81ae0b3e3d6651c96f88e07eb2f6c0284648c9b21fee7fed91ca5eb14848df2.95%
- 2ffabbd3dbd9bd8e0a5c192691edb4ab3ecdc217576877f040fc2bf4fc1a9b352.78%
- 58bf000b4f0d943147b042d36214400a4ecb6f02291fb7f2f030c6b6a9a1fd882.5%
- 3899929a73c4ec09fc24f5d3a9099dc46d25cb7f63abba71f0207dba512144282.47%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- userinit.exe95.41%
- CylanceSvc.exe4.18%
- explorer.exe0.1%
- winlogon.exe0.05%
- chrome.exe0.03%
- SubmitTelem.exe0.02%
- DropboxUpdate.exe0.01%
- GoogleUpdate.exe0.01%
Top Parents
- explorer.exe95.76%
- CyUpdate.exe4.06%
- msiexec.exe0.06%
- cmd.exe0.04%
- powershell.exe0.04%
Top Children
- chrome.exe50%
- firefox.exe18.75%
- iexplore.exe6.25%
Rare or environment-specific process names are omitted from ancestry tables. Percentages are of all observed relationships.
Security Analysis
What does CylanceUI.exe normally do?
System tray UI component for Cylance PROTECT AI-based antivirus. Shows protection status and threat notifications.
When is CylanceUI.exe suspicious?
Not running when Cylance service is active.
False positive notes
Normal Cylance endpoint protection component.
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Data from EchoTrail's dataset of ~346M Windows process executions. Last extracted 2026-08-04.