What is the "prevhost.exe" ? Variant 16310852

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:
6.1.7601.17562
MD5:
5d1bff0fce80f9e2e539f436710d4a79
SHA1:
5dffa608977f6cc5cff7bc4c90f1e3d8f05611fc
SHA256:
efabf20b403d5c53cda24592628382b6d465c26986751ee26f2012d3c238cb27
Size:
31232
Directory:
C:\Windows\winsxs\x86_microsoft-windows-shell-previewhost_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.17562_none_450cbede5f4b17f1
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
Symantec Endpoint Protection2016-09-06 14:37:36
Microsoft Security Essentials2016-09-06 10:23:46
Avast Antivirus2016-09-02 09:46:09
Webroot SecureAnywhere2016-08-31 12:18:15
avast! Antivirus2016-08-26 09:15:07
Avira Antivirus2016-08-25 15:46:31
BullGuard Antivirus2016-07-27 10:27:33
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User Reviews of the "prevhost.exe"

  • SAFErating from user MikeOne (Variant: 16310852)

    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