Estimated safety rating

cortana.exe may be a dangerous application, according to an automatic analysis of the program's operation. It triggers many of the "probable danger" flags detailed bellow. It is yet unknown if cortana.exe is a virus or a legit program which doesn't harm your PC. Please be careful with this application.

Executable file path

The default name and path where this program is stored is
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.549981C3F5F10_3.2108.25001.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Cortana.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 fingerprint for this file is 1cc7176cd04809e26f09f0241dceab99.

Is running as a service

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

Accesses the internet

This executable uses the net to communicate. Today this is quite normal. For example, most of the programs on your PC check for new updates. For this, Internet communications are required.

Is a 64 bit executable file

This is a x64 executable. It uses the full capacity of nowadays' CPUs.

File description

The description present in the file is Cortana.

File version

File version stored as a property 3.2108.25001.0.

Manufacturer

Maker Microsoft Corporation.

Copyright

Intellectual property rights notice ©Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved..

Digitally signed

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

Can be uninstalled

This program does NOT have an uninstall command set up in registry.