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 "probable danger" criteria detailed bellow. It is yet unknown if skypehost.exe is malware or an ok program which doesn't harm the PC. We recommend you to be careful with this program.

Executable file path

Normally, this application is stored in C:\PROGRAM FILES\WINDOWSAPPS\MICROSOFT.SKYPEAPP_11.14.675.0_X64__KZF8QXF38ZG5C\SKYPEHOST.EXE.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 fingerprint for this executable is 6b674e1c84549106d69cadbfd525ecd1.

Is running as a service

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

Accesses the internet

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

Is a 64 bit executable file

This is a x64 executable. It uses the full capacity of nowadays' computer processors.

Digitally signed

The digital certificate is missing from this program. The authors did not sign it. This is probably bad.

Can be uninstalled

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