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Program info

Estimated safety rating

 taskhost.exe

taskhost.exe may be a dangerous program, according to an automatic analysis of the program's operation. This program triggers too many of the "possible danger" criteria detailed bellow. It is not yet known if taskhost.exe is a virus or an ok program that doesn't cause harm the PC. We recommend you to be careful with it.

Executable file path

 C:\Windows\system32\taskhost.exe

Usually, this application is found in C:\Windows\system32\taskhost.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

 7016acd1d0c1cc6acf45cbc6c90d0575

The MD5 fingerprint for this file is 7016acd1d0c1cc6acf45cbc6c90d0575.

Is running as a service

 No

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

Accesses the internet

 Yes

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

Is a 32 bit executable file

 Yes

This application runs as a 32-bit program. It does not exploit the entire power of modern PC processors. This ordinarily happens because the authors did not bother to upgrade it to 64-bit code.

Has valid windows

 No

This exe does NOT have visible elements of user interface. This is usually a bad sign.

Digitally signed

 No

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

Can be uninstalled

 No

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