Estimated safety rating

skypehost.exe may be a dangerous application, according to heuristic analysis. It triggers many of the "probable danger" criteria detailed bellow. It is not yet known if skypehost.exe is malware or not that doesn't cause harm the PC. We advise you to be careful with this application.

Executable file path

Normally, this application is stored in C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.SkypeApp_11.14.662.0_x64__kzf8qxf38zg5c\SkypeHost.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 checksum for this file is f13cf68ace6abad84c9ad38ba4f3942b.

Is running as a service

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

Accesses the internet

This application uses the Internet to communicate. In this day and age 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 required.

Is a 64 bit executable file

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

Digitally signed

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

Can be uninstalled

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