SoftwareUpdate.exe
by Various
Installer
Summary
Software Update utility - generic software auto-updater process.
SoftwareUpdate.exe is the 1004th most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 2,041 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Program Files (x86)\Apple Software Update and it is most often launched by svchost.exe.
1004th
most commonly executed Windows program
2,041
observed executions
low
statistical confidence
Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Apple Software Update99.95%
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Glary Utilities 50.05%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- 1478c109d99d6836d89af0b3cabf37034851a572cba1fde2abda2c6882012d8e27.35%
- 9d33dd91167954ca4b67c665a5c8e40bef7d8c4e28ebdb7b6c9c82ffc3f64a2819.1%
- 0682eef4ae722d6dad6b0c41f530d86e44f094f8487105372d5a03e0f0a437e914.3%
- 514a6a02d45c2ddfeecf5b48a2c53fed8734a864aeb686b5120502ca4b88419813.31%
- 70de40de41b9de3b0263b063bbf54e8e5af9860a1379b5d05e9b0a36ee604f629.55%
- ab322d24aac23d9a129bacd4ea0012d31373d761b3683f7c0384f37a6a3fc7ea8.51%
- d544a7a49f26685b5665c9802bf7f4ee38172f838baaeb6d3e483ea2dd29268b6.21%
- a166751b82eac59a44fd54cf74295e71e7e95474fc038fc8cca069da051585861.62%
- 4ab313f879e4a21fd2883511b3157b48774de48bf999bd059eddaf24093f30ec0.05%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- svchost.exe49.5%
- services.exe45.1%
- taskeng.exe1.8%
- userinit.exe0.3%
- WerFault.exe0.1%
Top Parents
- svchost.exe48.78%
- SoftwareUpdate.exe46.58%
- msiexec.exe3.42%
- taskeng.exe0.88%
- explorer.exe0.29%
- Integrator.exe0.05%
Top Children
- SoftwareUpdate.exe99.81%
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.