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 described in this document. It is yet unknown if skypehost.exe is malware or a legit program that doesn't harm your computer. Please be careful with this application.

Executable file path

Usually, this program is located in C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.SkypeApp_11.19.820.0_x86__kzf8qxf38zg5c\SkypeHost.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 fingerprint for this file is ee9401c808423cbdb442b73a4c6f9d99.

Is running as a service

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

Accesses the internet

This application uses the net to communicate. In this day and age this is expected from a program. For example, most of the programs on your computer check for updates. For this, Internet communications are required.

Is a 32 bit executable file

This executable runs in 32-bit mode. It does not use the full power of nowadays' computer processors. This ordinarily happens because the authors did not bother to upgrade it to 64-bit code.

Digitally signed

A digital signature is missing from this program. The maker 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.