splunk-MonitorNoHandle.exe
Summary
Splunk Monitor No Handle - monitors files without holding file handles open to avoid locking issues.
splunk-MonitorNoHandle.exe is the 273rd most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 43,624 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Program Files\Splunk\bin and it is most often launched by splunkd.exe.
Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Program Files\Splunk\bin75.57%
- C:\Program Files\SUFwd\bin22.87%
- C:\Program Files\SplunkUniversalForwarder\bin1.56%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- 45afa390b59adc05fa41d5e558f77bcc08ce53838a9e947e485f797e9bdfafb293.63%
- 99b780631b480cfea1221bb8753b1e0355b2a23f4f759e93bb156c346d9502e56.37%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- services.exe100%
Top Parents
- splunkd.exe100%
Top Children
- conhost.exe100%
Rare or environment-specific process names are omitted from ancestry tables. Percentages are of all observed relationships.
Security Analysis
What does splunk-MonitorNoHandle.exe normally do?
Helper process of the Splunk Universal Forwarder. Collects specific data types (AD, network, registry, event logs) and passes them to splunkd.exe for forwarding.
When is splunk-MonitorNoHandle.exe suspicious?
Running without a Splunk installation. Running from unexpected paths. Parent other than splunkd.exe.
False positive notes
Normal in environments with Splunk Universal Forwarder deployed.
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Data from EchoTrail's dataset of ~346M Windows process executions. Last extracted 2026-08-04.