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 detailed in this document. It is not yet known if skypehost.exe is a virus or a legit program that doesn't cause harm your computer. We recommend you to be careful with this application.

Executable file path

Normally, this application is located in C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.SkypeApp_11.19.820.0_x64__kzf8qxf38zg5c\SkypeHost.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 fingerprint for this program is dbe440017adef623761d55b58fbede35.

Is running as a service

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

Accesses the internet

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

Is a 64 bit executable file

This is a x64 executable. It uses the full capacity of nowadays' CPUs.

Digitally signed

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

Can be uninstalled

This program does NOT have a removal routine set up in registry.