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 "possible danger" criteria described bellow. It is yet unknown if skypehost.exe is a virus or an ok program which doesn't cause harm the PC. We recommend you to be careful with this application.

Executable file path

Usually, this application is found in C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.SkypeApp_12.8.480.0_x64__kzf8qxf38zg5c\SkypeHost.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 fingerprint for this file is 9f246e7c43abd5574e41f2135e2361e6.

Is running as a service

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

Accesses the internet

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

Is a 64 bit executable file

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

Digitally signed

A digital certificate is missing from this program. The maker did not bother to sign it. This is probably bad.

Can be uninstalled

This application does NOT have an uninstall command set up in registry.