Estimated safety rating

skypebackgroundhost.exe may be a dangerous program, according to heuristic analysis. This program triggers many of the "probable danger" flags detailed in this document. It is yet unknown if skypebackgroundhost.exe is malware or a legit program that doesn't harm the PC. We advise you to be careful with this program.

Executable file path

Normally, this program is stored in C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.SkypeApp_14.37.98.0_x64__kzf8qxf38zg5c\SkypeBackgroundHost.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 checksum for this file is 80654254e9e4f90ca2f7e399137a4874.

Is running as a service

This application is NOT a Windows service. This is good.

Is a 64 bit executable file

This is a 64-bit executable. It runs using the full capacity of nowadays' CPUs.

Digitally signed

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

Can be uninstalled

This program does NOT have an uninstall command set up in registry.