What is the "prevhost.exe" ? Variant 11054310

Our database contains 65 different files for filename prevhost.exe but this page contains information about single file with specific attributes. If you want to see general information about the prevhost.exe then visit General Information Page . You can also check most distributed file variants with name prevhost.exe. This file belongs to product Microsoft® Windows® Operating System and was developed by company Microsoft Corporation. This file has description Preview Handler Surrogate Host. Agregate rating is 5(5) stars - based on 1 reviews.This is executable file. You can find it running in Task Manager as the process prevhost.exe.

prevhost.exe Process
Product:
Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Description:
Preview Handler Surrogate Host
Version:
6.1.7600.16762
MD5:
9c64d5c8a624f506c87e7a4a8682a322
SHA1:
f225c67df3c948c6ff78aded44065e08a4f400b5
SHA256:
012259b9d55411d62458822a31cc0d01657db9877a2375a0a835064e61b3acfe
Size:
31232
Directory:
C:\Windows\System32
Operating System:
Windows XP
Occurence:
Medium oc1

System Explorer Community Antivirus Report

This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :
Antivirus NameLatest Toleration
McAfee Anti-Virus y Anti-Spyware2016-07-06 06:51:50
Baidu Antivirus2016-01-16 06:06:34
Avira Antivirus2015-12-09 09:22:28
avast! Antivirus2015-09-25 00:11:37
Microsoft Security Essentials2015-05-24 01:38:37
ESET NOD32 Antivirus 5.22015-05-16 17:55:55
Kaspersky Internet Security2015-03-31 04:00:12
360ɱ2014-11-29 10:33:13
Avira Desktop2014-10-28 19:43:16
Symantec Endpoint Protection2014-08-28 19:46:37
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User Reviews of the "prevhost.exe"

  • SAFErating from user MikeOne for file C:\Windows\winsxs\amd64_microsoft-windows-shell-previewhost_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7600.16762_none_9f44fd5c1a821d3b\prevhost.exe (Variant: 13045585)

    This file is an integral part of MS Windows, marked as a Preview Handler Surrogate Host - which is not very descriptive in the context of the file's actions. This file is used when a preview of a document (doesn't matter what type of document, if the association with the file extension is there in the system) should be shown to the user. This file can throw error if the preview can not be performed. Check this article about related problems : http://windowssecrets.com/forums/showthread.php/138477-Preview-Handler-Surrogate-Host