Estimated safety rating

microsoft.photos.exe may be a dangerous application, according to heuristic analysis. This program triggers too many of the "probable danger" flags detailed bellow. It is not yet known if microsoft.photos.exe is a virus or an ok program which doesn't cause harm your computer. We advise you to be careful with this application.

Executable file path

Normally, this program is stored in C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Windows.Photos_2020.20120.4004.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Microsoft.Photos.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 checksum for this program is b2bf675d6f8ba980a55a315b81c371e4.

Is running as a service

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

Accesses the internet

This application uses the Internet to communicate. In this day and age this is ok. For example, most of the programs on your PC check for new updates. In order to do this, Internet communications are necessary.

Is a 64 bit executable file

This is a x64 executable. It runs using the full capacity of nowadays' computer processors.

Digitally signed

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

Can be uninstalled

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