Estimated safety rating

skypehost.exe may be a dangerous application, according to an automatic analysis of the program's operation. This program triggers too many of the "possible danger" flags detailed in this document. It is yet unknown if skypehost.exe is a virus or not which doesn't cause harm your computer. We recommend you to be careful with this program.

Executable file path

The default filename and path where the application is stored is
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.SkypeApp_11.10.145.0_x64__kzf8qxf38zg5c\SkypeHost.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 fingerprint for this executable is d5a2d371e4704137cd41a912232b0bba.

Is running as a service

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

Accesses the internet

This program uses the Internet to communicate. In this day and age this is ok. For example, most of the apps on your computer check for new updates. In order to do this, Internet communications are required.

Is a 64 bit executable file

64-bit code has been detected. This exe can exploit the full power of a current computer processor.

Digitally signed

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

Can be uninstalled

This executable does NOT have a removal routine stored in registry.