SmartByteNetworkService.exe
Summary
Dell SmartByte network optimization service for prioritizing streaming traffic
SmartByteNetworkService.exe is the 2022nd most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 299 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Program Files\Rivet Networks\SmartByte and it is most often launched by services.exe.
Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Program Files\Rivet Networks\SmartByte100%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- e90af44122e422915c61f7518a88bb3060f78f452b95c92b3e90535a34a5249874.12%
- 7e2721b1544f82f5d7569aafab50c05a7e7ea6ad9cf60029db144fed142323c017.65%
- f39d234b9ba8f814ea7255c75a021ae75338067084ee99c54d22eb9901a06f2c3.53%
- 21281fd0206f9dbdb55b8ad06a158d48846511774d91d3fcd22560f1e0eb64022.75%
- 96fdb5824d60c9b432dd376a023ab3d1c156c1d7863a7ede8e25a113d3535a661.96%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- wininit.exe100%
Top Parents
- services.exe100%
Top Children
- speedtest.exe93.15%
- WerFault.exe6.85%
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.