WLIDSVC.EXE
by Microsoft
Operating System
Summary
Windows Live ID Sign-in Service
WLIDSVC.EXE is the 2146th most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 262 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live and it is most often launched by services.exe.
2146th
most commonly executed Windows program
262
observed executions
low
statistical confidence
Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live100%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- 1fef20554110371d738f462ecffa999158efeed02062414c58c1b61c422bf0b982.82%
- c43cff84e7d930b4999dc061ab0766b57aad7540b3e6ee54605b10ece90825f517.18%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- wininit.exe100%
Top Parents
- services.exe100%
Top Children
- WLIDSVCM.EXE99.24%
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.