Estimated safety rating

microsoft.photos.exe may be a dangerous application, according to heuristic analysis. This program triggers many of the "possible danger" criteria described in this document. It is yet unknown if microsoft.photos.exe is a virus or a legit program that doesn't harm your PC. Please be careful with it.

Executable file path

The default filename and folder where this application is stored is
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Windows.Photos_2018.18081.14710.0_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Microsoft.Photos.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 checksum for this file is dcfc833498b0a42a386d22e2bafcb73c.

Is running as a service

This application does NOT run as a Windows service. This is normally a good sign.

Accesses the internet

This program uses the Internet to communicate. Today this is expected from a program. For example, most of the programs on your computer check for new updates. In order to do this, Internet communications are necessary.

Is a 32 bit executable file

This executable runs as a 32-bit program. It can not use the full set of features of nowadays' PC processors. This ordinarily happens because the publishers did not bother to upgrade it to 64-bit code.

Digitally signed

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

Can be uninstalled

This application does NOT have a removal routine stored in registry.