WaaSMedic.exe
by Microsoft
Operating System
Summary
Windows Update Medic Worker - repairs Windows Update components to maintain update health.
WaaSMedic.exe is the 859th most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 3,245 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Windows\System32 and it is most often launched by svchost.exe.
859th
most commonly executed Windows program
3,245
observed executions
low
statistical confidence
Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Windows\System32100%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- ac2a4745d7aa592e119e06a681a7f21e9849043a63770b4697882df260ac4c0597.79%
- b7b4e33bfbd790558baaf63181757b434fe62f8a57cda77ef88d4f9233f4fb022.21%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- services.exe100%
Top Parents
- svchost.exe100%
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.