What is the "conhost.exe" ? Variant 17556210

Our database contains 732 different files for filename conhost.exe but this page contains information about single file with specific attributes. If you want to see general information about the conhost.exe then visit General Information Page . You can also check most distributed file variants with name conhost.exe. This file belongs to product Microsoft® Windows® Operating System and was developed by company Microsoft Corporation. This file has description Console Window 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 conhost.exe.

conhost.exe Process
Product:
Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Description:
Console Window Host
Version:
6.1.7601.18015
MD5:
1bcdb508143b517f21bbdac10f5777bf
SHA1:
d836fce5ee3175e5178dadd40e1fec98a83fbce9
SHA256:
663e6944bcba6022bfd30f579bb057ed563e18c7610b60edaa42415ce5cea1b4
Size:
338432
Directory:
C:\Windows\System32
Operating System:
Windows 7
Occurence:
High oc2

System Explorer Community Antivirus Report

This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :
Antivirus NameLatest Toleration
Emsisoft Anti-Malware2016-09-07 18:35:05
ESET Smart Security 8.02016-09-07 10:42:55
Kaspersky Internet Security2016-09-07 10:16:37
Trend Micro OfficeScan Antivirus2016-09-07 05:14:24
G DATA TOTAL PROTECTION2016-09-07 00:46:46
Dr.Web Security Space2016-09-06 22:23:30
AVG AntiVirus Free Edition2016-09-06 21:44:14
Kaspersky Free2016-09-06 20:21:16
avast! Antivirus2016-09-06 17:48:23
Antivirus shields were enabled and have latest antivirus database.

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

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Our final rating for this file is Safe. Final rating is based on file reviews, discovered date, users occurence and antivirus scan results.
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13% of reviewed files with different MD5 located in different directory are marked as Threat .

User Reviews of the "conhost.exe"

  • SAFErating from user MikeOne for file C:\Windows\winsxs\amd64_microsoft-windows-consolehost_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.18015_none_d282acc418b89129\conhost.exe (Variant: 17908197)

    This executable is the Console Window Host for MS Windows - this host application enables the non-GUI aplications to write and receive inputs on console mode. Very descriptive article can be found on MS Technet pages : http://blogs.technet.com/b/askperf/archive/2009/10/05/windows-7-windows-server-2008-r2-console-host.aspx - "Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2: Console Host" article