SINDBYTE
IdentifyConhostParent
SystemTools
Description
The detective for console processes! Every conhost.exe has a parent - find out who started it. Indispensable for security analysis and understanding process relationships.
Conhost processes are the invisible helpers behind console windows. But sometimes suspicious processes hide behind them. This tool uncovers the true origin and shows you the entire family tree.
Why This Tool Stands Out
- Process Relationships - uncover them
- Security Analysis - suspicious processes
- Process Hierarchy - understand it
- Troubleshooting - crashed consoles
Perfect for:
Security analysts, malware hunters, and system administrators. When you spot suspicious conhost processes, this tool immediately shows you which program is actually behind them.
Workflow support; time savings depend on the task
Instead of manually clicking through Task Manager and tracing process relationships, you get the complete process hierarchy with a single API call - ready to use immediately.
Example Applications
Typical Use Cases
- "Which process started this
conhost.exe?" - "Analyze the parent processes of all active console windows"
- "Find unusual conhost connections on the system"
JSON Parameters
- processId (Integer, Required)The process ID (PID) of the conhost.exe whose parent process should be determined. Example: 12345
Example Call
{
"tool": "IdentifyConhostParent",
"params": {
"processId": 12345
}
}Return Values
- conhostPid (Integer)
PID of the conhost.exe - parentPid (Integer)
PID of the parent process - parentName (String)
Name of the parent process - parentPath (String)
Path to the executable file - found (Boolean)
Whether a parent process was found - processTree (Array)
Process hierarchy up to the root
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