Estimated safety rating

skypehost.exe may be a dangerous application, according to heuristic analysis. It triggers too many of the "probable danger" flags described in this document. It is yet unknown if skypehost.exe is malware or a legit program which doesn't harm the PC. Please be careful with this application.

Executable file path

This application is usually found in C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.SkypeApp_11.14.675.0_x86__kzf8qxf38zg5c\SkypeHost.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 checksum for this program is ad7febce53e68d7a2e7bea272b264699.

Is running as a service

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

Accesses the internet

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

Is a 32 bit executable file

This application runs as a 32-bit program. It does not use the full set of features of current PC processors. This is quite normal because the makers did not bother to upgrade it to use the x64 instruction set.

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