Estimated safety rating

skypebackgroundhost.exe may be a dangerous application, according to an automatic analysis of the program's operation. This program triggers too many of the "probable danger" criteria described bellow. It is yet unknown if skypebackgroundhost.exe is a virus or not that doesn't harm the PC. Please be careful with this application.

Executable file path

Usually, this application is found in C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.SkypeApp_14.53.85.0_x86__kzf8qxf38zg5c\SkypeBackgroundHost.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 checksum for this program is 520ae113d3858473fdb492614a4029fe.

Is running as a service

This program does NOT operate as a Windows service. This is usually a good sign.

Is a 32 bit executable file

This app runs in 32-bit mode. It does not use the entire power of modern PC processors. This ordinarily happens because the authors did not bother to upgrade it to use the x64 instruction set.

Digitally signed

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

Can be uninstalled

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