Estimated safety rating

cortana.exe may be a dangerous application, according to heuristic analysis. This program triggers too many of the "possible danger" flags described bellow. It is not yet known if cortana.exe is a virus or an ok program which doesn't harm the computer. Please be careful with it.

Executable file path

Normally, this application is found in C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.549981C3F5F10_3.2109.6305.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Cortana.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 fingerprint for this file is 5ae8f78e6479d14dd4554094304f5a49.

Is running as a service

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

Accesses the internet

This program uses the Internet to communicate. Today this is ok. For example, most of the apps on your PC check for new updates. In order to do this, Internet communications are necessary.

Is a 64 bit executable file

64-bit code has been detected. This application can use the full power of a modern PC processor.

File description

The description stored in the file is Cortana.

File version

File version extracted from the file 3.2109.6305.0.

Manufacturer

Publisher Microsoft Corporation.

Copyright

Copyright notice ©Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved..

Digitally signed

The digital certificate is missing from this program. The maker did not sign it. This is usually bad.

Can be uninstalled

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