What is the "prevhost.exe" ? Variant 3562477

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:
5fac5f264d61d99ee8961480818b9def
SHA1:
7350394ea21974a0689800f2c7deec86c01d30b2
SHA256:
e9717c3c3cb0a8e48764edcf90c7c9287b659489661dc5e6f845e1124d9378b9
Size:
31232
Directory:
C:\Windows\winsxs\amd64_microsoft-windows-shell-previewhost_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.17562_none_a12b5a6217a88927
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
Kaspersky PURE 3.02016-09-07 14:41:01
Microsoft Security Essentials2016-09-06 10:23:46
Trend Micro OfficeScan Antivirus2016-09-05 11:52:12
ESET NOD32 Antivirus 9.0.349.142016-09-05 11:06:34
Avira Antivirus2016-09-05 01:01:12
Bitdefender Antivirus Free Edition2016-09-04 08:53:20
avast! Antivirus2016-09-03 00:33:25
ESET Endpoint Security 5.02016-09-01 13:44:56
ESET Endpoint Antivirus 5.02016-08-30 14:19:08
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User Reviews of the "prevhost.exe"

  • SAFErating from user MikeOne for file C:\Windows\System32\prevhost.exe (Variant: 16813031)

    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