Estimated safety rating

conhost.exe is a program which is probably legit. So, if conhost.exe is on your PC, it is probably ok, and will NOT be a cause for concern. Even if your PC is clean, it is still recommended to run a good antivirus with a good detection rate, in order to yourself yourself against viruses and malware.

Executable file path

This application is normally stored on disk in C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 checksum for this file is 05acea343eb63c342bd9c32b060850e2.

Is running as a service

This application is NOT a Windows service. This is very good.

Belongs to the operating system

conhost.exe appears to have something to do with Windows SFC (System File Checker) or Windows File Protection.

Is a 32 bit executable file

This program runs in 32-bit mode. It does not exploit the full power of nowadays' PC CPUs. This ordinarily happens because the makers did not bother to upgrade it to use the x64 instruction set.

File description

The description written in the exe is Console Window Host.

File version

File version stored as a property 10.0.14393.0 (rs1_release.160715-1616).

Manufacturer

Company Microsoft Corporation.

Copyright

Legal copyright © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved..

Has valid windows

This task does NOT have visible elements of user interface. This is most likely a bad thing.

Digitally signed

conhost.exe is digitally signed. Today the large majority of clean software applications are digitally signed.

Valid digital signature

The digital signature extracted from conhost.exe checks out perfectly. This is most likely a clean, ok program.

Certifier name

Digital certificate name: Microsoft Windows

Issuer name

Certificate's issuer name: Microsoft Windows Production PCA 2011

Can be uninstalled

This executable does NOT have an uninstall routine stored in registry.