What is the "prevhost.exe" ? Variant 12823211

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:
6.2.9200.16384
MD5:
59c98a7e3cc21f86c030f029ea47b5f4
SHA1:
7c8e9639bb3d0d9d3926b552bcd6596612153fcf
SHA256:
b09bc61f7458c8a9cecf3bdf2b6431ef41e9e8779cefc738318ef70110fbbe2e
Size:
15872
Directory:
C:\Windows\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-shell-previewhost_31bf3856ad364e35_6.2.9200.16384_none_9c070c878aa2dbd6
Operating System:
Windows 8
Occurence:
Medium oc1

System Explorer Community Antivirus Report

This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :
Antivirus NameLatest Toleration
Windows Defender2016-07-06 00:52:33
AVG AntiVirus Free Edition2016-06-15 11:03:10
avast! Antivirus2016-06-10 06:13:36
Kaspersky Total Security2016-06-02 05:49:23
ESET NOD32 Antivirus 7.02016-04-30 09:13:50
AVG Internet Security 20152016-02-23 19:16:32
360 Total Security2016-02-05 10:00:12
ESET Endpoint Antivirus 5.02015-12-08 12:06:34
AVG AntiVirus Free Edition 20152015-06-09 01:29:45
Baidu Antivirus2015-06-04 03:32:02
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User Reviews of the "prevhost.exe"

  • SAFErating from user MikeOne (Variant: 12823211)

    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