Estimated safety rating

wsmprovhost.exe may be a dangerous program, according to heuristic analysis. It triggers too many of the "probable danger" criteria detailed in this document. It is not yet known if wsmprovhost.exe is a virus or not which doesn't harm your PC. Please be careful with this application.

Executable file path

This application is normally stored in C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\wsmprovhost.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 checksum for this program is a9c26288ba3559ba3f175453c61e42ac.

Is running as a service

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

Is a 32 bit executable file

This executable runs as a 32-bit program. It does not exploit the full set of features of nowadays' PC CPUs. This is quite normal because the makers did not bother to upgrade it to 64-bit code.

File description

The description stored in the exe is Windows Smartcard Credential Provider.

File version

File version extracted from the file 10.0.10240.16384 (th1.150709-1700).

Manufacturer

Company name Microsoft Corporation.

Copyright

Intellectual property rights notice © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved..

Has valid windows

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

Digitally signed

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

Can be uninstalled

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