WMIADAP.exe
Summary
WMI performance adapter - synchronizes performance counter data with WMI by parsing performance library DLLs.
WMIADAP.exe is the 383rd most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 21,014 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Windows\System32\wbem and it is most often launched by svchost.exe.
Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Windows\System32\wbem99.94%
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wbem0.06%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- c2d0ac45b7a2a75c60b24f687f2feeb728b02f6373abb2e5944f8bdbd56e49c326.41%
- 32b07c757e2b96776b7a96d6c2eaa035d6a6177be67868cf5a362d16557fb7d417.77%
- ba113876f95e0f0722151d81cf74e64fbcb8e497102289b280178009bdbc771010.82%
- db844f69381751fe7aecbb8c8a0c3b5d4e1c59491a203191ef283563c539a8878.55%
- 05ba225e8450b51eafc4a865e86d43296870110363bc7e6daeaec9875062fd625.64%
- 6c51c1968a7ad1b40251ad58f44602114888db2859b1375e0bffc7eb8c2c22e44.12%
- fcb27f89ec36856a4a225744ce5ee3a30cbc8a447868b165d95e8ab2c17f56713.82%
- e2ba31e0f13310fc4becbecefc0253c4f7a7f76463a774ef3b434d46bf5592913.34%
- ce7a697632801fd50d61cb6a348dd42b8c8be5660367f760913a95b44d09884e2.24%
- 13f9d43775778611743ef3b474bfbbc67222e427aa05cd6982b8e81a4e67eeaf2.24%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- services.exe99.88%
Top Parents
- svchost.exe99.41%
- cmd.exe0.06%
- upfc.exe<0.01%
Rare or environment-specific process names are omitted from ancestry tables. Percentages are of all observed relationships.
Security Analysis
What does WMIADAP.exe normally do?
Runs periodically to refresh WMI performance counter classes. Part of normal WMI operations.
When is WMIADAP.exe suspicious?
Running from non-System32 path. Unusual frequency of execution.
False positive notes
Normal WMI maintenance operation.
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Data from EchoTrail's dataset of ~346M Windows process executions. Last extracted 2026-08-04.