What is the "thumbnailextractionhost.exe" ?

Our database contains 8 different files for filename thumbnailextractionhost.exe but this page contains information about single file with specific attributes. If you want to see general information about the thumbnailextractionhost.exe then visit General Information Page . This file belongs to product Microsoft® Windows® Operating System and was developed by company Microsoft Corporation. This file has description Thumbnail Handler Extraction Host. Agregate rating is 5 stars - based on 1 reviews. This is executable file. You can find it running in Task Manager as the process thumbnailextractionhost.exe.
thumbnailextractionhost.exe Process
Product:
Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Description:
Thumbnail Handler Extraction Host
Version:
6.2.9200.16384
MD5:
137a3f4bd47d5f91912350c13aa09b77
SHA1:
95f8fe33821419815f90acbbde61e3c66bd1d5f5
SHA256:
98c9fe8fc4e5d8e98fed8f875bdff8994ff80724e55214a1e44513f1389c091b
Size:
26112
Directory:
C:\Windows\WinSxS\x86_microsoft-windows-thumbexthost_31bf3856ad364e35_6.2.9200.16384_none_ed1804bb0ed17806
Operating System:
Windows 8
Discovered:
August 18, 2012
Occurence:
Medium oc1

Demographics distribution

Aproximately 29% of users are in the Russian Federation. It is also popular in Vietnam and Germany.

System Explorer Community Antivirus Report

This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :
Antivirus NameLatest Toleration
Avira Desktop2013-05-16 14:34:26
Windows Defender2013-05-15 12:50:58
ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4.22013-05-11 04:44:00
ESET Smart Security 6.02013-05-09 18:00:11
avast! Antivirus2013-05-08 12:18:26
avast! Internet Security2013-04-25 02:52:30
Norton 3602013-04-04 04:46:40
AVG AntiVirus Free Edition 20132013-03-30 21:06:03
G Data InternetSecurity 20132013-03-30 14:54:28
Advanced SystemCare Ultimate2013-03-07 19:33:55
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Is the Process "thumbnailextractionhost.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 "thumbnailextractionhost.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 "thumbnailextractionhost.exe"

  • SAFErating from user

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    This file is part of Windows 8.

    (id: 12831712)