software_reporter_tool.exe
Summary
Chrome Software Reporter Tool (Chrome Cleanup) - scans for unwanted software that may interfere with Chrome. Deprecated in Chrome 111+.
software_reporter_tool.exe is the 347th most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 25,091 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Users\... and it is most often launched by software_reporter_tool.exe.
Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Users\...99.99%
- C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\SwReporter\23.131.20.01%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- 26b83de2f857368bddf9848cb6e5459abff922f29f556b589863729f0c8c36343.47%
- d56c9b97ae434dd6e6b1387cf84500d228e85a6bcd4f6b6334ce8d0bfb19bcdf3.44%
- 7ff6ebde03f4acfedb5b4ac7ccb63d87f8d1eaff5c220dfe1135796177f4c7e63.28%
- 42e4ac4cb447cdcf3bb203cc5f229fc19466d683035130599d228d73be870d913.23%
- ae41bb1ad48bc4bda53ee26663d45f732bde6b35a72621c614adeea9d4f5016b3.17%
- 96aa75fc5ea8d6f39424fcbe72707c961e759af3d46b62e5b58ee531531140ed2.87%
- 9341fbaa144a323135249dc01a63981cceea89bbb813dbb95eed7fabca6191712.67%
- 206822195b96ddd2c076079b4b65afee8433c676a5b30840b2bbca7be71a35dc2.48%
- 473d0f9cf295446f00f632ff7b291fe4dbca6ddf0fba50255546b8ab62fbc5e62.4%
- f45bc07aaeb82f5aeb7feb3958a28dc9dc51427c8071bc25d7d49957dfd32e7b2.23%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- chrome.exe63.05%
- explorer.exe31.58%
- OUTLOOK.EXE2.55%
- KeePass.exe1.36%
- cmd.exe0.19%
- rdpinit.exe0.15%
- RuntimeBroker.exe0.14%
- GoogleUpdate.exe0.13%
- OpenWith.exe0.08%
Top Parents
- chrome.exe32.93%
- filecoauth.exe<0.01%
Top Children
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.