Estimated safety rating

microsoft.photos.exe may be a dangerous program, according to an automatic analysis of the program's operation. This program triggers too many of the "probable danger" flags described bellow. It is yet unknown if microsoft.photos.exe is a virus or an ok program which doesn't harm the computer. We advise you to be careful with this program.

Executable file path

The default name and directory where the program is stored is
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Windows.Photos_2021.21090.10008.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Microsoft.Photos.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 checksum for this executable is 8044b568747388b47d366a6cce6198c2.

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 ok. For example, most of the programs on your computer 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 program can put to good use the full power of a current PC cpu.

Digitally signed

The digital signature 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 an uninstall command set up in registry.