Estimated safety rating

skypehost.exe may be a dangerous program, according to heuristic analysis. It triggers many of the "probable danger" flags detailed in this document. It is not yet known if skypehost.exe is malware or not that doesn't cause harm the computer. We advise you to be careful with this program.

Executable file path

Usually, this program is stored in C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.SkypeApp_11.7.113.0_x86__kzf8qxf38zg5c\SkypeHost.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 checksum for this program is 095833174f31ff038c1ffa0c69c9ec3c.

Is running as a service

This program does NOT run as a Windows service. This is normally a good sign.

Accesses the internet

This executable uses the Internet to communicate. Today this is expected from a program. For example, most of the apps on your PC check for updates. In order to do this, Internet communications are necessary.

Is a 32 bit executable file

This program runs as a 32-bit program. It can not exploit the entire set of features of nowadays' computer chips. This is quite normal because the authors did not upgrade it to 64-bit code.

Digitally signed

A digital certificate is missing from this program. The publisher did not sign it. This is usually bad.

Can be uninstalled

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