gccustomhook.exe
Summary
Adobe Genuine Copy custom hook for software license validation
gccustomhook.exe is the 2293rd most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 214 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\OOBE\PDApp\AdobeGCClient\customhook and it is most often launched by msiexec.exe.
Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\OOBE\PDApp\AdobeGCClient\customhook81.78%
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Adobe Desktop Common\AdobeGenuineClient\customhook18.22%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- 47692c30fe570a4685fa302972595ce2e5f35764d9cb15110db1dd88da16dac463.68%
- e315508c21ba21f0d8ce9fde586a00d61d8952925529bf2cedb7e708bdd80c919.45%
- 21e873caef2ce46a1b847edcbb65ce35a1cabbd9d3d4e6fb8f61deee850a8a856.47%
- b2121b5c460ea005f274105d47216961eb4297df104af254863d0c2ce05b9fb95.97%
- 3ffae0c3dcb502ff809c9ca3bb420a6cdca86bf59c857c93bcc50cd142629a693.98%
- 444d78f5001b5fbb42165eb2123f51f6ea60ef33490741b239dd96050d5eedb73.98%
- c01b491dec0fd4e805301cebb7343b997f4fbb4afead3c48206a4826f26efc422.99%
- 83b22ae99597defa391bf4106aad91025bdd4bfeaba4a821147aea7c6ca153dc1.99%
- f514f27f1608236df9b94b43686cf1636ab9a678eb825f034570eb67687f68961.49%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- msiexec.exe64.38%
- AdobeUpdateService.exe23.29%
Top Parents
- msiexec.exe72.22%
- CreativeCloudSet-Up.exe17.59%
- Adobe Installer.exe6.02%
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.