What is the "prevhost.exe" ? Variant 12831444

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:
0085390758f1c5f41ee299eddd766bb4
SHA1:
a9224c8276b8c9cee31f497f55c65ec23fb70894
SHA256:
0c4222a9d689c47e3f6f16e0f7054e20935aef0b8f804d857b8ab5cced6de7cf
Size:
14848
Directory:
C:\Windows\WinSxS\x86_microsoft-windows-shell-previewhost_31bf3856ad364e35_6.2.9200.16384_none_3fe87103d2456aa0
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
Kingsoft Antivirus System Defense2016-08-31 13:12:16
avast! Antivirus2016-07-13 04:00:43
Kaspersky Total Security2016-05-12 05:48:46
360 Total Security2016-01-19 22:58:16
Panda Free Antivirus2015-12-30 11:32:04
Protection antivirus et antispyware McAfee 2015-05-27 21:07:26
AVG AntiVirus Free Edition 20152015-04-15 09:37:32
ESET Smart Security 8.02015-04-05 18:07:14
Symantec Endpoint Protection2015-01-15 14:26:00
ESET NOD32 Antivirus 8.02014-12-31 22:03:23
Antivirus shields were enabled and have latest antivirus database.

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User Reviews of the "prevhost.exe"

  • SAFErating from user MikeOne for file C:\Windows\System32\prevhost.exe (Variant: 14579386)

    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