Estimated safety rating

skypehost.exe may be a dangerous program, according to heuristic analysis. This program triggers too many of the "probable danger" flags described in this document. It is not yet known if skypehost.exe is a virus or a legit program which doesn't harm the computer. We recommend you to be careful with this application.

Executable file path

The default name and directory where this program is stored is
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.SkypeApp_12.10.572.0_x64__kzf8qxf38zg5c\SkypeHost.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 checksum for this program is 4339a2ba34f769bd692d8c7a491d6236.

Is running as a service

This application does NOT operate as a Windows service. This is normally a good sign.

Accesses the internet

This program uses the net to communicate. In this day and age this is ok. For example, most of the programs on your PC check for new updates. In order to do this, Internet communications are required.

Is a 64 bit executable file

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

Digitally signed

The digital certificate is missing from this program. The authors did not sign it. This is probably bad.

Can be uninstalled

This program does NOT have an uninstall command stored in registry.