What is the "prevhost.exe" ? Variant 4271702

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:
6.1.7100.0
MD5:
1722cee76cd5024012dad5413b84e130
SHA1:
69760284209a2179ece17da61249ad5b804c17a2
SHA256:
97cb07a14e0027ba7e24de6b282a6fe29199afeacb9d23a937a8b8f0961599b9
Size:
31232
Directory:
C:\Windows\System32
Operating System:
Windows 7
Occurence:
Low oc0

System Explorer Community Antivirus Report

This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :
Antivirus NameLatest Toleration
Microsoft Security Essentials2015-12-09 18:05:40
avast! Antivirus2015-02-12 18:00:47
Avira Desktop2015-02-12 18:00:47
AVG AntiVirus Free Edition 20132013-10-06 02:46:30
Panda Cloud Antivirus2013-05-01 06:52:57
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User Reviews of the "prevhost.exe"

  • SAFErating from user MikeOne for file C:\Windows\SysWOW64\prevhost.exe (Variant: 17981864)

    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