Estimated safety rating

wshelper.exe may be a dangerous application, according to an automatic analysis of the program's operation. This program triggers many of the "probable danger" criteria described bellow. It is yet unknown if wshelper.exe is a virus or a legit program which doesn't cause harm the PC. We recommend you to be careful with this program.

Executable file path

Usually, the default name and path where this application is stored is
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Wondershare\Wondershare Helper Compact\WSHelper.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 fingerprint for this executable is 62671fd60d37214538cc44d0d603bc21.

Is running as a service

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

Accesses the internet

This executable uses the Internet to communicate. In this day and age this is quite normal. For example, most of the programs on your PC check for new updates. For this, Internet communications are required.

Is a 32 bit executable file

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

File description

The description extracted from the file is Wondershare Studio.

File version

File version stored as a property 2.1.2.4.

Manufacturer

Company name Wondershare.

Copyright

Legal copyright Copyright (c) 2014 Wondershare Software All Rights Reserved.

Has valid windows

This executable does NOT have visible windows. This is most likely a bad sign.

Potentially dangerous functions

Some insecure functions of Windows appear to be used, such as functions for tapping the keyboard. We advise you to be very careful regarding this program.

Digitally signed

A digital signature is missing from this program. The authors did not bother to sign it. This is probably bad.

Starts with windows

This executable is registered to start when your computer boots. Yes

Can be uninstalled

This program does NOT have an uninstall command set up in registry.