Estimated safety rating

skypehost.exe may be a dangerous program, according to an automatic analysis of the program's operation. This program triggers many of the "possible danger" criteria described in this document. It is not yet known if skypehost.exe is malware or an ok program that doesn't cause harm your computer. We advise you to be careful with it.

Executable file path

Normally, this application is located in C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.SkypeApp_11.11.106.0_x64__kzf8qxf38zg5c\SkypeHost.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 checksum for this executable is ac074a4233bd4c2f467205e81df1923b.

Is running as a service

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

Accesses the internet

This application uses the net to communicate. Today this is quite normal. For example, most of the programs on your PC check for new updates. For this, Internet communications are necessary.

Is a 64 bit executable file

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

Digitally signed

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

Can be uninstalled

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