LTSVC.exe
Summary
LabTech Service (LTSVC.exe) is the core agent for ConnectWise Automate (formerly LabTech), a remote monitoring and management (RMM) platform. It executes scripts, monitors system health, and manages endpoints.
LTSVC.exe is the 58th most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 599,266 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Windows\LTSvc and it is most often launched by services.exe.
Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Windows\LTSvc100%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- b96961219c1ad6e55a83b5eb1f6c91528e39e8b6b7a8986652f00c22e3bd4e7792.38%
- 679dd1cc7cf726b1801c8dab081b2cdac57b1c67e26af4effce09d284165f04f6.66%
- 7f003f58ca1a23c1fa5b053e43a1493038578d8a532b27999dbbfd4dea96d4710.34%
- fcc96561d248ea356d01edf94e2d8d1a82491968e04f8e9be1f674ddfde655820.25%
- 529fb08f7383e65c86d5533ac3dd548a7a1d2e54832688dce004a5f1e35b4c3d0.21%
- ab918d6fc9ba86372a381ea6b28c2b1aeb70cbd603617c31278924d5a720d3450.02%
- ada49446555b5330576a3ce5c9ea00ca304f99728ea2480b937ac8a20cd751680.02%
- 1c882f3611ec75624e5f8a99c6605f8806da8365bc8a021fbf7811f9b5fdec340.01%
- 33553e3e12e3b025fd73791f487c1b556dd20d46a86fcef06a6d637af523d44e0.01%
- 6b5dac9adbf12a529aa1f2c509cb1af721f57087b5509355f69ac60d3e082b7c0.01%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- wininit.exe100%
Top Parents
- services.exe100%
Top Children
- cmd.exe89.14%
- quser.exe8.83%
- net1.exe0.74%
- appcmd.exe0.58%
- powercfg.exe0.45%
- powershell.exe0.06%
- Defrag.exe0.05%
- net.exe0.05%
- labvnc.exe0.04%
- bcdedit.exe0.02%
Rare or environment-specific process names are omitted from ancestry tables. Percentages are of all observed relationships.
Security Analysis
What does LTSVC.exe normally do?
Part of ConnectWise remote management suite. Runs as a service or on-demand.
When is LTSVC.exe suspicious?
RMM tools can be abused by attackers for persistent remote access. If not expected in the environment, their presence may indicate unauthorized access. Running from non-standard paths.
How do attackers abuse LTSVC.exe?
Not commonly targeted for direct abuse.
Detection guidance
No specific detection needed.
False positive notes
Normal in environments managed by ConnectWise. Very high execution counts reflect continuous monitoring.
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Data from EchoTrail's dataset of ~346M Windows process executions. Last extracted 2026-08-04.