Estimated safety rating

dphostw.exe may be a dangerous application, according to an automatic analysis of the program's operation. This program triggers too many of the "possible danger" flags described bellow. It is not yet known if dphostw.exe is a virus or not that doesn't cause harm your PC. Please be careful with this program.

Executable file path

Usually, this program is stored in C:\Program Files (x86)\DigitalPersona\Bin\DpHostW.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 fingerprint for this program is 5bc1d876dfd53c31c5fc65d2e9614015.

Is running as a service

This program is a Windows service. This means it runs on your system in background, usually without showing any user interface to you. Most Windows services are legit programs, which perform useful functions to other applications or to the Windows Operating System.

Is a 32 bit executable file

This exe runs in 32-bit mode. It does not exploit the full power of nowadays' PC chips. This ordinarily happens because the authors did not bother to upgrade it to 64-bit code.

File description

The description present in the exe is DigitalPersona Local Host.

File version

File version 5.0.0.2197.

Manufacturer

Company DigitalPersona, Inc..

Copyright

Copyright notice Copyright © DigitalPersona, Inc. 1996-2009.

Potentially dangerous functions

Some insecure features of Windows appear to be used, such as functions for recording the keyboard. We recommend you to read more about this program.

Digitally signed

dphostw.exe has a digital signature. Nowadays the large majority of serious programs are digitally signed.

Valid digital signature

The digital signature is invalid, which is a strong indicator that this program may be malware and that someone most likely changed some of its code after the signature was applied. We advise extreme caution!

Certifier name

Digitally signed by: DigitalPersona, Inc.

Issuer name

Certificate's issuer name: VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA

Can be uninstalled

This program does NOT have an uninstall command stored in registry.