Estimated safety rating

skypehost.exe may be a dangerous application, according to an automatic analysis of the program's operation. It triggers too many of the "probable danger" flags described in this document. It is not yet known if skypehost.exe is malware or not that doesn't harm your PC. We recommend you to be careful with it.

Executable file path

Usually, the default name and path where this program is stored is
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.SkypeApp_12.8.487.0_x64__kzf8qxf38zg5c\SkypeHost.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 fingerprint for this file is 5fcec05024dc461644815d54709e4251.

Is running as a service

This application is NOT registered as 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 required.

Is a 64 bit executable file

64-bit code has been detected. This program can exploit the full power of a current computer processor.

Digitally signed

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

Can be uninstalled

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