Estimated safety rating

skypehost.exe may be a dangerous program, according to an automatic analysis of the program's operation. It triggers too many of the "probable danger" criteria detailed bellow. It is yet unknown if skypehost.exe is malware or a legit program that doesn't cause harm the PC. We recommend you to be careful with this application.

Executable file path

The default name and path where this program is stored is
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.SkypeApp_12.13.274.0_x64__kzf8qxf38zg5c\SkypeHost.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 checksum for this file is f40fb72316dcce31a13f214ca01da5c5.

Is running as a service

This application does NOT run 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 quite normal. For example, most of the programs on your computer check for updates. In order to do 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

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

Can be uninstalled

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