Estimated safety rating

skypebackgroundhost.exe may be a dangerous program, according to heuristic analysis. This program triggers too many of the "possible danger" criteria detailed bellow. It is yet unknown if skypebackgroundhost.exe is a virus or not which doesn't cause harm your PC. We advise you to be careful with it.

Executable file path

Usually, this application is located in C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.SkypeApp_14.56.102.0_x64__kzf8qxf38zg5c\SkypeBackgroundHost.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 checksum for this file is 38f1326f10d3c7192dbb1db595f9ae4b.

Is running as a service

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

Is a 64 bit executable file

This is a x64 executable. It uses the full capacity of modern CPUs.

Digitally signed

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

Can be uninstalled

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