rdpshell.exe
by Microsoft
Operating System
Summary
Remote Desktop Protocol shell process
rdpshell.exe is the 2013th most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 302 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Windows\System32 and it is most often launched by rdpinit.exe.
2013th
most commonly executed Windows program
302
observed executions
low
statistical confidence
Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Windows\System32100%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- 8791c2d6e37eb517ea4fcc9a719fdaabf77d7ff6d83a8716212559ee7d589d3f31.79%
- c0a6e121058ad668b6816e2e9233a5cce92f9845d6d434632fb099dc3ea9eef229.8%
- a7be3ab1c18464c8a013367412fedb5e3cbb6bb8ec3bd3c19dd2615c28515fe723.84%
- 42ed9d29f75ddd06dcc5a3a083fe0fb01bc3c092d05096f13b18f35e6d099d728.61%
- 606ecd34a4a5c56ce81dffdf315e9050c4b470829f3ea8110a3a15fea0ce997e5.96%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- userinit.exe100%
Top Parents
- rdpinit.exe100%
Top Children
- runonce.exe100%
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.