WindowsUpdateBox.exe
by Microsoft
Operating System
Summary
Windows Update dialog box
WindowsUpdateBox.exe is the 1547th most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 639 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download\9eaee87abab23b313c5b7697b9a103ad and it is most often launched by wuauclt.exe.
1547th
most commonly executed Windows program
639
observed executions
low
statistical confidence
Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download\9eaee87abab23b313c5b7697b9a103ad11.54%
- C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download\3bbe913523b063ccd6f178f733c3e7426.71%
- C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download\2b9c48c3beadba0b56efa3009204ac3b5.77%
- C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download\6dccfa5f2b6b3fcf1488f468120421a74.68%
- C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download\5a223dad84471a4651eeae50b68300724.37%
- C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download\9f24bc49f22b4a2eda1267a5c08b09033.74%
- C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download\1e1311ab437e7a164204683b9686c9823.59%
- C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download\14bedb279a21ede251d44f486e7c5a223.43%
- C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download\397cffd104f9525702c352b7f8a906823.43%
- C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download\4be0d6645de8ab3a6edef3279123d1d43.43%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- 9e931b064b5e783056b2892c9411603f09aa25cb4e1c8d17029e0c4ef42a95f433.28%
- 4582083dc9ab8ed9cb9ea276fa01c49b318d4265f81ac961f913e344b2b4624d23.63%
- cd02e066003812c454e02125adb6b8e98abf2e8d1bbe1f2ee3f441d6ae65324011.25%
- b2a5bd1c90b36038d81d22a9c95d410b5b46c5695230156b1db7e38a598de8125.47%
- b93a92e007e78cae5ef432ca376286b7a4ac18cae3b842e3396aaad3cfd9e5c34.82%
- 140853e388db47408b6f0392914684294f8a8f4255134238a359b7573058fc383.7%
- 1f0d4a3f8d9c0f908b5cb0cbeb8f4307f1bafd0351b3e49f31c30ed9bb9ad52b3.54%
- 374e7b21ca912c846ead5694f6c46a4630ef14010e8d5ff924f340771ca08ad82.89%
- 38ea44332c8456f11f20f8b8ecc74dcf873b795275bc7ff77473d498879f80772.25%
- bf4590e2f419f62a5fc073d99a8d5960d3658172eba2b0f3fd0aac797ed580bd2.09%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- svchost.exe65.55%
- services.exe34.45%
Top Parents
- wuauclt.exe60.22%
- svchost.exe39.31%
Top Children
- setuphost.exe98.94%
- setupplatform.exe1.06%
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.