Estimated safety rating

backgroundtaskhost.exe may be a dangerous application, according to heuristic analysis. It triggers too many of the "probable danger" criteria described in this document. It is yet unknown if backgroundtaskhost.exe is malware or an ok program which doesn't harm the PC. We advise you to be careful with this program.

Executable file path

This program is usually found on disk in C:\Windows\System32\backgroundTaskHost.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 checksum for this program is 784bcb90e466b62b769aba0f07352ce7.

Is running as a service

This application does NOT operate as a Windows service. This is normally a good sign.

Is a 32 bit executable file

This exe runs as a 32-bit program. It can not use the entire set of features of nowadays' PC processors. This is quite normal because the publishers did not upgrade it to use the x64 instruction set.

Digitally signed

A digital signature is missing from this program. The maker did not bother to sign it. This is usually bad.

Can be uninstalled

This application does NOT have an uninstall routine set up in registry.