What is the "prevhost.exe" ? Variant 4444439

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:
6.1.7601.17514
MD5:
6b05d2c6a32f3d7ce89e4ecef7c3b7a5
SHA1:
49b7607df897788e4d16f479c3be819563c73dc1
SHA256:
498d3af840f93f247619565a3b1e40894900d5d162cb71b63592b3711fe787b7
Size:
31232
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
Avast Antivirus2016-09-05 00:04:03
ESET NOD32 Antivirus 9.0.402.12016-09-02 16:29:51
360 Total Security2016-07-18 20:47:22
Microsoft Security Essentials2016-07-14 20:32:17
avast! Antivirus2016-07-11 16:16:27
ESET Smart Security 9.0.349.142016-07-07 12:13:38
Kaspersky Endpoint Security 10 para Windows2016-06-17 01:59:43
Avanquest SystemSuite2016-06-12 05:42:59
Avira Desktop2016-05-17 06:06:19
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User Reviews of the "prevhost.exe"

  • SAFErating from user MikeOne for file C:\Windows\winsxs\amd64_microsoft-windows-shell-previewhost_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.17514_none_a1636a92177e3020\prevhost.exe (Variant: 15885933)

    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