Estimated safety rating

skypehost.exe may be a dangerous program, according to heuristic analysis. This program triggers many of the "probable danger" criteria described bellow. It is yet unknown if skypehost.exe is a virus or an ok program which doesn't cause harm your PC. We advise you to be careful with this program.

Executable file path

This program is usually found in C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.SkypeApp_11.8.204.0_x64__kzf8qxf38zg5c\SkypeHost.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 fingerprint for this file is efed0ce302781bbc61a038bca42dbc5b.

Is running as a service

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

Accesses the internet

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

Is a 64 bit executable file

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

Digitally signed

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

Can be uninstalled

This executable does NOT have an uninstall command stored in registry.