Skype.exe
Summary
Skype - consumer video calling and messaging application.
Skype.exe is the 465th most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 13,384 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.SkypeApp_15.63.76.0_x86__kzf8qxf38zg5c\Skype and it is most often launched by svchost.exe.
Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.SkypeApp_15.63.76.0_x86__kzf8qxf38zg5c\Skype29.15%
- C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.SkypeApp_15.61.100.0_x86__kzf8qxf38zg5c\Skype18.49%
- C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.SkypeApp_15.64.80.0_x86__kzf8qxf38zg5c\Skype14.58%
- C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.SkypeApp_15.68.96.0_x86__kzf8qxf38zg5c\Skype7.59%
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop6.16%
- C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.SkypeApp_15.66.77.0_x86__kzf8qxf38zg5c\Skype5.39%
- C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.SkypeApp_15.65.78.0_x86__kzf8qxf38zg5c\Skype5.13%
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Skype\Phone4.42%
- C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.SkypeApp_15.66.74.0_x86__kzf8qxf38zg5c\Skype1.11%
- C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.SkypeApp_15.67.99.0_x86__kzf8qxf38zg5c\Skype1.05%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- 1d914763855642508c7e87f2324bc8b1f67e7c3d4697dde7c454c09d6e0a36b929.15%
- b01069bc8a6bf273955c7eec62cabcfe5d0e0415bce2232274ff9239ddbafe3518.49%
- a80357432d47937acb964a3c6522db84dae1d3b777c0ac33930f7a0795fc519114.58%
- 1012672dacbe33e8f8851607b667b2551622431183bcec34f02dc8e51cab7aef7.59%
- b08598a444dad979284af391c235141593ff56f0057730f7465073191fb8471b5.39%
- e4f08cc43e7153a0b2aea88be65c90a882c045def04799d3692698296f7c5dba5.13%
- ade227801f8d591fa8b4b85176842c8cc4164910acf89b1d11bc95465c7d25281.93%
- 7294cec880e551a85daaa8fe8afebec433bb0ecc2f412622e7f522751261e1e61.2%
- 7fe1b8208dab4c54a78b29617c9a751a0dfaf9529b9017146fcc0e303866a4011.11%
- 1fc814cb4fd833bbe4d66e6267eb550f4716eb8aa947ee2b689009f90f4ecde81.05%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- explorer.exe49.78%
- userinit.exe33.1%
- Skype.exe6.16%
- svchost.exe3.57%
- msiexec.exe0.71%
- RuntimeBroker.exe0.18%
Top Parents
- svchost.exe50.89%
- Skype.exe38.34%
- explorer.exe9.73%
- RuntimeBroker.exe0.31%
- chrome.exe0.03%
- msiexec.exe0.03%
- dllhost.exe0.01%
- sihost.exe0.01%
Top Children
- reg.exe73.18%
- Skype.exe22.98%
- ielowutil.exe1.78%
- netsh.exe0.58%
- chrome.exe0.53%
- WerFault.exe0.12%
- iexplore.exe0.05%
- conhost.exe0.02%
- OUTLOOK.EXE0.02%
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.