vcredist_x86.exe
Summary
Visual C++ Redistributable Installer (32-bit) - installs Microsoft Visual C++ runtime libraries.
vcredist_x86.exe is the 1124th most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 1,556 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Adobe Desktop Common\Runtime\customhook\vc14\32bit and it is most often launched by vcredist_x86.exe.
Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Adobe Desktop Common\Runtime\customhook\vc14\32bit56.17%
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Adobe Desktop Common\Runtime\customhook\vc13\32bit13.5%
- C:\Users\...8.35%
- C:\ProgramData\...7.13%
- C:\Windows\ccmsetup2.57%
- C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download\Install2.51%
- C:\...1.99%
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Adobe Desktop Common\Runtime\customhook\vc17\32bit1.93%
- C:\Windows\Temp\...1.54%
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Adobe Desktop Common\Runtime\customhook\vc12\32bit1.16%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- 15dc9852a32ea35fc2a3ef99535802dc2d99bd122b3926686e4c75d042c52b7b38.51%
- a22895e55b26202eae166838edbe2ea6aad00d7ea600c11f8a31ede5cbce204823.21%
- dafb8b5f4b46bfaf7faa1d0ad05211f5c9855f0005cd603f8b5037b6a708d6b614.79%
- 6b3e4c51c6c0e5f68c8a72b497445af3dbf976394cbb62aa23569065c28deeb62.49%
- e7d34f0a9d37d7221adc911bd49b316de68a75f3bfa910e2550849ad13d0573f2.34%
- 41f45a46ee56626ff2699d525bb56a3bb4718c5ca5f4fb5b3b38add64584026b2.05%
- bbc26aca42cd311a0e1ea1356852f061d863af047f1891ac9952ab7e7cb8e04f1.9%
- 89f4e593ea5541d1c53f983923124f9fd061a1c0c967339109e375c661573c171.76%
- 4ee4da0fe62d5fa1b5e80c6e6d88a4a2f8b3b140c35da51053d0d7b72a381d291.24%
- b924ad8062eaf4e70437c8be50fa612162795ff0839479546ce907ffa8d6e3861.02%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- RuntimeCustomHook.exe37.13%
- setup.exe33.65%
- svchost.exe2.93%
- ccmsetup.exe1.19%
- services.exe1.03%
- explorer.exe0.55%
- chrome.exe0.4%
- vcredist_x86.exe0.4%
- cmd.exe0.24%
Top Parents
- vcredist_x86.exe45.31%
- RuntimeCustomHook.exe37.72%
- wuauclt.exe2.51%
- ccmsetup.exe1.61%
- installer.exe1.54%
- setup.exe0.96%
- msiexec.exe0.77%
- cmd.exe0.19%
- steamservice.exe0.13%
- SystemSettings.exe0.13%
Top Children
- vcredist_x86.exe80.94%
- VC_redist.x86.exe4.02%
- setup.exe2.87%
- msiexec.exe2.07%
- vcredist_x64.exe0.46%
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.