Estimated safety rating

taskhost.exe may be a dangerous application, according to an automatic analysis of the program's operation. This program triggers many of the "possible danger" criteria detailed in this document. It is yet unknown if taskhost.exe is malware or a legit program that doesn't harm your PC. We advise you to be careful with this application.

Executable file path

Usually, the default filename and directory where this application is stored is
C:\Windows\system32\taskhost.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 checksum for this program is 7016acd1d0c1cc6acf45cbc6c90d0575.

Is running as a service

This application is NOT a Windows service. This is good.

Accesses the internet

This program uses the Internet to communicate. Today this is quite normal. For example, most of the programs on your PC check for updates. In order to do this, Internet communications are necessary.

Is a 32 bit executable file

This exe runs in 32-bit mode. It does not benefit of the full power of nowadays' computer CPUs. This ordinarily happens because the publishers did not bother to upgrade it to 64-bit code.

Has valid windows

This application does NOT have visible elements of user interface. This is most likely a bad sign.

Digitally signed

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

Can be uninstalled

This application does NOT have an uninstall routine set up in registry.