Estimated safety rating

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

Executable file path

Usually, this program is stored in C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.SkypeApp_11.12.112.0_x64__kzf8qxf38zg5c\SkypeHost.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 checksum for this program is 6aff3311777dd742be09ceaa1c7f2342.

Is running as a service

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

Accesses the internet

This application uses the Internet to communicate. In this day and age this is ok. For example, most of the apps on your PC check for new updates. For 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 PC processor.

Digitally signed

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

Can be uninstalled

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