Estimated safety rating

skypehost.exe may be a dangerous program, according to heuristic analysis. It triggers many of the "probable danger" criteria described in this document. It is yet unknown if skypehost.exe is a virus or a legit program that doesn't harm your computer. Please be careful with it.

Executable file path

This program is normally stored on disk in C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.SkypeApp_12.1807.264.0_x64__kzf8qxf38zg5c\SkypeHost.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 fingerprint for this executable is a16b39d0612f4d0d530b4bd911f3980c.

Is running as a service

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

Accesses the internet

This application uses the Internet 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 uses the full capacity of modern CPUs.

Digitally signed

A digital signature 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 a removal routine set up in registry.