Estimated safety rating

skypehost.exe may be a dangerous application, according to heuristic analysis. It triggers many of the "probable danger" criteria described bellow. It is yet unknown if skypehost.exe is malware or not that doesn't cause harm the computer. We recommend you to be careful with it.

Executable file path

The default filename and folder where this program is stored is
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Messaging_1.10.26007.0_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe\SkypeHost.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 fingerprint for this executable is 54d0f7f87bb2ff4954d1b70f91a0a147.

Is running as a service

This program does NOT operate as a Windows service. This is usually a good sign.

Accesses the internet

This application 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. For this, Internet communications are required.

Is a 32 bit executable file

This app runs as a 32-bit program. It can not exploit the full set of features of nowadays' PC chips. This is quite normal because the publishers did not bother to upgrade it to use the x64 instruction set.

Digitally signed

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

Can be uninstalled

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