It is essential for modern hardware using EFI, which often requires a 64-bit Windows PE (WinPE)
is a perfect example of modern cybersecurity's gray areas. It is neither purely good nor purely evil. In the hands of a home user with Acronis True Image installed, it is a sign of responsible data protection. In the hands of a cybercriminal, it is a veil hiding coin miners, password stealers, and ransomware loaders.
Stay vigilant, check your Task Manager weekly, and remember: even ghosts can be real.
This fake ghost64.exe often creates a hidden folder named SysConfig or AppData\Local\Temp\MSDT and sets the file attributes to System and Hidden .
In an enterprise environment with Symantec Ghost, it is harmless. For the average home user who has never touched disk cloning software, it is almost certainly a cryptocurrency miner or a remote access Trojan.