Estimated safety rating

sihost.exe is a program which is probably NOT a virus. So, if sihost.exe is on your PC, it is probably ok, and will NOT cause problems. Even if your system is clean, we still advise you to purchase a good antivirus with a good track record, in order to defend your PC against potential security problems.

Executable file path

This application is normally found on disk in C:\Windows\System32\sihost.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 checksum for this executable is b34d06f429770b8c7a80fd5c83a13831.

Is running as a service

This program is NOT registered as a Windows service. This is good.

Belongs to the operating system

sihost.exe seems to have something to do with Windows SFC (System File Checker) or Windows File Protection.

Is a 32 bit executable file

This executable runs in 32-bit mode. It can not exploit the full power of nowadays' PC CPUs. This ordinarily happens because the publishers did not upgrade it to 64-bit code.

File description

The description written in the program is Shell Infrastructure Host.

File version

File version extracted from the file 10.0.10586.0 (th2_release.151029-1700).

Manufacturer

Company name Microsoft Corporation.

Copyright

Copyright notice © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved..

Digitally signed

sihost.exe has a digital signature. Today the large majority of serious software applications are digitally signed.

Valid digital signature

The digital signature attached to sihost.exe is valid. This is very good.

Certifier name

Digital certificate name: Microsoft Windows

Issuer name

Certificate's issuer name: Microsoft Windows Production PCA 2011

Can be uninstalled

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