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" flags detailed in this document. It is yet unknown if skypehost.exe is malware or a legit program which doesn't harm your PC. We recommend you to be careful with it.

Executable file path

This application is normally stored on disk in C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.SkypeApp_11.13.133.0_x64__kzf8qxf38zg5c\SkypeHost.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 fingerprint for this file is 45f816160906ea025f3c4bd50140812f.

Is running as a service

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

Accesses the internet

This program uses the Internet to communicate. Today this is expected from a program. For example, most of the apps on your PC check for updates. In order to do this, Internet communications are necessary.

Is a 64 bit executable file

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

Digitally signed

The 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.