Estimated safety rating

skypehost.exe may be a dangerous application, according to an automatic analysis of the program's operation. It triggers 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 which doesn't harm your PC. We advise you to be careful with it.

Executable file path

This application is normally found in C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.SkypeApp_11.8.204.0_x86__kzf8qxf38zg5c\SkypeHost.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 fingerprint for this file is 78c296d25fcfb16f3c1772d4a5303d24.

Is running as a service

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

Accesses the internet

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

Is a 32 bit executable file

This executable runs as a 32-bit program. It can not exploit the entire set of features of nowadays' computer chips. This is quite normal because the authors did not upgrade it to 64-bit code.

Digitally signed

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

Can be uninstalled

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