Estimated safety rating

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

Executable file path

Usually, the default filename and directory where the program is stored is
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.SkypeApp_11.15.597.0_x64__kzf8qxf38zg5c\SkypeHost.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 checksum for this program is c96abfb05f21f50fe06c5995ad707f75.

Is running as a service

This application is NOT registered as a Windows service. This is very good.

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 computer check for updates. In order to do this, Internet communications are necessary.

Is a 64 bit executable file

This is a 64-bit executable. It runs using the full capacity of modern CPUs.

Digitally signed

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

Can be uninstalled

This program does NOT have an uninstall routine stored in registry.