ZAdmon.exe
Summary
ZENworks Asset Discovery Monitor - discovers and inventories hardware and software assets on managed endpoints.
ZAdmon.exe is the 212th most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 64,154 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Program Files (x86)\SAAZOD\zCMon and it is most often launched by SAAZScheduler.exe.
Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Program Files (x86)\SAAZOD\zCMon100%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- 3ca16e43ab159dc372cb655e30aee3e4062883c3734d7cbced0a0912ba4eaf1886.8%
- 2d54f69261631e9e8482556ed2ef998748cd12fc4a11a8efa835840a8060613513.2%
Process Ancestry
Top Parents
Rare or environment-specific process names are omitted from ancestry tables. Percentages are of all observed relationships.
Security Analysis
What does ZAdmon.exe normally do?
Component of ZENworks Configuration Management (formerly Novell ZENworks). Runs as part of the managed endpoint agent suite.
When is ZAdmon.exe suspicious?
Running on systems not managed by ZENworks. Running from paths outside the ZENworks installation directory.
False positive notes
Normal in enterprises using Micro Focus/OpenText ZENworks for endpoint management.
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Data from EchoTrail's dataset of ~346M Windows process executions. Last extracted 2026-08-04.