What is the "prevhost.exe" ? Variant 5500909

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:
6.1.7600.16385
MD5:
bad27f450802e902df183491dee4b61f
SHA1:
5610a2722a5b8d0f6450eb46df4a6a076ea22863
SHA256:
b63d87149b34762580c756738acec6c48da61ed2b67a893e9c162aa83f8db45d
Size:
31232
Directory:
C:\Windows\System32
Operating System:
Windows 7
Occurence:
Medium oc1

System Explorer Community Antivirus Report

This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :
Antivirus NameLatest Toleration
Microsoft Security Essentials2016-09-04 00:17:05
avast! Antivirus2016-07-18 21:19:55
Advanced SystemCare Ultimate2016-07-18 21:19:55
ESET Smart Security 9.0.381.02016-07-07 00:12:33
AVG AntiVirus Free Edition2016-02-13 18:20:19
Kaspersky Anti-Virus2016-01-05 20:29:54
Kaspersky Internet Security2015-12-26 05:41:36
Avira Antivirus2015-12-10 10:01:33
ESET NOD32 Antivirus 8.02015-11-14 17:58:39
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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_6.1.7600.16385_none_9f3256ca1a8fac86\prevhost.exe (Variant: 14114302)

    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