javaws.exe
by Oracle
Runtime
Summary
Java Web Start - launches Java applications from the web (deprecated in Java 11+).
javaws.exe is the 800th most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 3,982 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre1.8.0_151\bin and it is most often launched by jucheck.exe.
800th
most commonly executed Windows program
3,982
observed executions
low
statistical confidence
Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre1.8.0_151\bin20.72%
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre1.8.0_161\bin17.3%
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre1.8.0_144\bin14.67%
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre1.8.0_131\bin9.77%
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre1.8.0_91\bin6.48%
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre1.8.0_171\bin3.47%
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre1.8.0_141\bin3.42%
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre1.8.0_121\bin2.94%
- C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_171\bin2.41%
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre1.8.0_181\bin1.93%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- eab30e996dbc53784b366fc140ffad1ecd72235538f73423a2eba8e1c81a226a20.75%
- 57573552b7a889fc0379c08903ac34476ee76b97f77d7533e8e842b07e57cc7a17.2%
- ca681963c7edfbd7ff84d6a3fd6325c291cd5bf2d953d388065d78a3cdb08bac14.8%
- 4e996adc72b7232ea68bbcf7cadd1463c8dd4899ae31d7b8456f5a62e4a585b49.88%
- da0fa2716f5d5f3989b802da44b6f1b8b5b0e726ace813e05dd7a0644bb59b483.91%
- e7ecc2ca58470959828224b36eb45dcca02ff816ca1446aaac5f580e4ef81be63.47%
- fd61086442f72e2f10ff3ed60d41c4c867d74b68830c52de03e6f555e4356bdf3.45%
- 523c1746d8ebe35a080f4ebe1be68de6fb15a3b48825e620916e5123e703a83c2.99%
- b5a0c14f133a895c0054c87faac5696d693893449ddcc0711088f4b50cb37dc72.68%
- 19c3705dbf761339fa72e645f5fc642aebf4ddbecc6777275bb7210551fab9322.4%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- jusched.exe77.86%
- msiexec.exe10.99%
- explorer.exe3.21%
- chrome.exe3.08%
- firefox.exe1.86%
- jp2launcher.exe1.81%
- iexplore.exe0.28%
- runonce.exe0.23%
- OUTLOOK.EXE0.13%
- svchost.exe0.1%
Top Parents
- jucheck.exe77.32%
- installer.exe8.69%
- javaws.exe5.35%
- chrome.exe1.96%
- jp2launcher.exe1.78%
- firefox.exe1.28%
- jusched.exe0.23%
- OpenWith.exe0.1%
- explorer.exe0.08%
- ssvagent.exe0.08%
Top Children
- jp2launcher.exe89.82%
- javaws.exe5.48%
- javaw.exe2.65%
- chrome.exe0.05%
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.