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, we still advise you to run a well-known antivirus with a good detection rate, in order to defend your PC against potential security problems.

Executable file path

Normally, this program is located in C:\Windows\system32\conhost.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 checksum for this program is f64e8258351e501aa065ac499530367c.

Is running as a service

This program is NOT a Windows service. This is good.

Belongs to the operating system

conhost.exe appears to use the functions of Windows SFC (System File Checker) or Windows File Protection.

Is a 64 bit executable file

64-bit code has been detected. This application can exploit the full power of a current PC cpu.

Potentially dangerous functions

Some unusual features of the Operating System have been used, such as functions for recording the keyboard. We recommend you to be very careful regarding this program.

Digitally signed

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

Can be uninstalled

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