PanGPS.exe
by Palo Alto Networks
Network Security
Summary
Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect VPN service
PanGPS.exe is the 1854th most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 381 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Program Files\Palo Alto Networks\GlobalProtect and it is most often launched by services.exe.
1854th
most commonly executed Windows program
381
observed executions
low
statistical confidence
Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Program Files\Palo Alto Networks\GlobalProtect96.59%
- C:\Program Files\Palo Alto Networks\GlobalProtect202207073.41%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- 501569870c9e45e35b85ab57c88fccc20c3350f78433cc1a847322b7fb4be89e44.36%
- 9a3ddb89d68313ae28e4ef919e515b0bb085a0ff5c3e9fa80fee5fca8e24b8de24.41%
- 7e8af46805d3313bf5ce23616ada5eeec9c2f3c4e0c6939f0097b7231936726314.44%
- d54f470a2c9b45faaaa6659e46a0d6248e9503b3103b6cb0115f2f82788c60a36.56%
- 41b6016a8cbc1bc5fd5952c3384743dcdfe93c9fde3bfbbc7daa5bd2fdf7f04f4.99%
- 1d06574cf10290a8bfb073dcac69fa2aaadb7b07f32ff58dfcac6ffd40ae0cdd1.57%
- 4ce164e9b2bca058c7d666c6dd0128809c3bcf243dcd234a085f0405991613f81.57%
- 240f15315a0563108f8095f414785db1dd35784dc770f4bcb62121513512d5b00.79%
- 588b40b8df7e1c2166388c90a396ff12589e582736811f5945abbe03eb8e66bf0.79%
- ac64e960300cf058b033c5492169d5e22555a0630cfaae7e082df61b5d8dc3610.52%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- wininit.exe97.8%
Top Parents
- services.exe89.24%
- msiexec.exe9.97%
- cmd.exe0.52%
Top Children
- PanGpHipMp.exe48.13%
- PanGpHip.exe32.38%
- cmd.exe18.62%
- PanGPA.exe0.82%
- runonce.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.