Estimated safety rating

skypehost.exe may be a dangerous program, according to an automatic analysis of the program's operation. It triggers many of the "possible danger" flags detailed in this document. It is yet unknown if skypehost.exe is a virus or a legit program that doesn't harm your PC. We recommend 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_11.18.596.0_x86__kzf8qxf38zg5c\SkypeHost.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 checksum for this executable is 65cce617153917b1a9b1c37e8d26ae1a.

Is running as a service

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

Accesses the internet

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

Is a 32 bit executable file

This program runs as a 32-bit program. It can not exploit the full set of features of nowadays' PC chips. 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 publisher did not sign it. This is usually bad.

Can be uninstalled

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