Magnet.IPC.Web.Host.SignalR.Hosts.Headless.exe
Summary
Magnet IPC Web Host is a component of Magnet Forensics' AXIOM suite, a digital forensics and incident response platform. This process handles inter-process communication via SignalR for the AXIOM processing pipeline.
Magnet.IPC.Web.Host.SignalR.Hosts.Headless.exe is the 29th most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 1,649,569 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Program Files\Magnet Forensics\Magnet AXIOM\AXIOM Process\IPC and it is most often launched by AXIOMProcess.exe.
Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Program Files\Magnet Forensics\Magnet AXIOM\AXIOM Process\IPC100%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- df4c033228b42ad7c15b0f40f5dd86eda40578e4297f98eb70896ff99a372cd536.16%
- c5474bbe1c9fc6d6b3e030ac1d297b51aa55dc9c6c5a1e94b82920532f9d7b8d16.46%
- 94ea937acd9f023ac1113474c3fdb6c8e814d2e32a7e6728bbbafd61d57232bb15.99%
- b6ddceefa33b291e7f0b21f34760f9498a6c77cd2fbaaa7c4e892e561062ba5b9.45%
- 4a08122cb38c5ef713fd85da879710de3031dc0eb64578ef18dd3ac12f9617837.58%
- 514c237e7f10467c96b38dfea6078c978791f09fbd24ae0d6ff41c1e76dc91d13.81%
- 726b9f827fce8d093afdb0722c0058d2cd83c50cfe08e313b14cb513e79eec0b2.51%
- a69a7706bf6222d2a401704e998c64b30575f66965c936608c6acab7c50f242e2.38%
- 85752d4304a1840b69d350beae62b8243ab9f1228996da74d4845704f03bf6f62.08%
- f78b17812a3327cd7bbdf07ee547cdcbc3ca9843ce249a3e223d12c00afd5e031.94%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- explorer.exe100%
- wyupdate.exe<0.01%
Top Parents
- AXIOMProcess.exe100%
Rare or environment-specific process names are omitted from ancestry tables. Percentages are of all observed relationships.
Security Analysis
What does Magnet.IPC.Web.Host.SignalR.Hosts.Headless.exe normally do?
Located within the Magnet AXIOM installation directory. Part of the AXIOM forensics processing pipeline.
When is Magnet.IPC.Web.Host.SignalR.Hosts.Headless.exe suspicious?
Running outside of a Magnet AXIOM installation directory would be unusual.
How do attackers abuse Magnet.IPC.Web.Host.SignalR.Hosts.Headless.exe?
Not a target for abuse.
Detection guidance
No detection needed. Presence indicates Magnet AXIOM forensics suite is in use.
False positive notes
Only present in forensics/IR environments running Magnet AXIOM.
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Data from EchoTrail's dataset of ~346M Windows process executions. Last extracted 2026-08-04.