Estimated safety rating

microsoft.photos.exe may be a dangerous application, according to heuristic analysis. It triggers too many of the "probable danger" criteria described in this document. It is not yet known if microsoft.photos.exe is malware or a legit program that doesn't harm your computer. Please be careful with it.

Executable file path

Normally, this application is stored in C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Windows.Photos_2020.20110.11001.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Microsoft.Photos.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 checksum for this program is c42731cd5935dd33d8d78990f93fd9e0.

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 ok. For example, most of the apps on your computer check for new updates. For this, Internet communications are necessary.

Is a 64 bit executable file

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

Digitally signed

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

Can be uninstalled

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