Estimated safety rating

skypehost.exe may be a dangerous application, according to heuristic analysis. This program triggers too many of the "probable danger" criteria described in this document. It is yet unknown if skypehost.exe is malware or an ok program which doesn't cause harm your computer. We advise you to be careful with it.

Executable file path

The default name and folder where the program is stored is
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.SkypeApp_12.1815.209.0_x64__kzf8qxf38zg5c\SkypeHost.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 checksum for this executable is b89d7384e2f3fcdcb35bb3fbafed0411.

Is running as a service

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

Accesses the internet

This executable uses the net to communicate. In this day and age this is quite normal. For example, most of the apps on your computer 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 uses the full capacity of nowadays' computer processors.

Digitally signed

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

Can be uninstalled

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