Estimated safety rating

cortana.exe may be a dangerous application, according to an automatic analysis of the program's operation. It triggers too many of the "probable danger" criteria described in this document. It is not yet known if cortana.exe is malware or an ok program which doesn't cause harm your computer. We advise you to be careful with this application.

Executable file path

This program is normally found on disk in C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.549981C3F5F10_3.2202.10603.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Cortana.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 checksum for this executable is 82c163ce3186f5e9827edc41c810a83b.

Is running as a service

This program is NOT registered as a Windows service. This is very good.

Accesses the internet

This executable uses the net to communicate. In this day and age this is expected from a program. For example, most of the apps on your PC check for updates. In order to do this, Internet communications are required.

Is a 64 bit executable file

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

File description

The description stored in the program is Cortana.

File version

File version 3.2202.10603.0.

Manufacturer

Author Microsoft Corporation.

Copyright

Legal copyright notice ©Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved..

Digitally signed

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

Can be uninstalled

This application does NOT have a removal routine set up in registry.