What is the "taskhost.exe" ? Variant 836023

Our database contains 841 different files for filename taskhost.exe but this page contains information about single file with specific attributes. If you want to see general information about the taskhost.exe then visit General Information Page . You can also check most distributed file variants with name taskhost.exe. This file belongs to product Microsoft® Windows® Operating System and was developed by company Microsoft Corporation. This file has description Host Process for Windows Tasks. 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 taskhost.exe.

taskhost.exe Process
Product:
Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Description:
Host Process for Windows Tasks
Version:
6.1.7601.17514
MD5:
517110bd83835338c037269e603db55d
SHA1:
61478d71931fb3e304bc341236ab0db1d6c26e09
SHA256:
499a803de14905f2ff7bca56d81cc983e16a8d9cea93ec4b84a06a366e7cb939
Size:
69120
Directory:
C:\Windows\System32
Operating System:
Windows Vista
Occurence:
High oc2

System Explorer Community Antivirus Report

This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :
Antivirus NameLatest Toleration
avast! Antivirus2016-09-07 23:20:59
360 Total Security2016-09-07 22:13:22
Microsoft Security Essentials2016-09-07 21:32:04
Norton Internet Security Online2016-09-07 21:06:18
Kaspersky Internet Security2016-09-07 19:21:27
Avast Antivirus2016-09-07 19:09:02
Avira Antivirus2016-09-07 18:52:06
ESET Smart Security 8.02016-09-07 18:26:43
ESET NOD32 Antivirus 9.0.375.12016-09-07 18:19:10
Kaspersky Free2016-09-07 18:02:10
Antivirus shields were enabled and have latest antivirus database.

Is the Process "taskhost.exe" Safe or Threat ?

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100% of reviewed files are marked as Safe .
100% of reviewed files are marked as System file.
Our final rating for this file is Safe. Final rating is based on file reviews, discovered date, users occurence and antivirus scan results.
Filename "taskhost.exe" is used by Microsoft Windows System files. Many threats uses filenames of System Processes to camouflage itself. You should consider suspected any file which uses system filename and is not stored in system directory or has invalid file version information. Correct system file contains full file version information from Microsoft.

User Reviews of the "taskhost.exe"

  • SAFErating from user Admin for file C:\Windows\System32\taskhost.exe (Variant: 675038)

    "taskhost.exe" file is a Task Host which is a generic Host Process for Windows Services. Windows uses taskhost.exe as the host for all DLL based services that are run.