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What is helphost.exe? Help Center Hosting Server ?

Vendor:      Microsoft
Product:     Microsoft
Vendor Website:      http://www.microsoft.com/
Last Seen by PC Matic:      No Data
Process is Bad PC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that there is a high likelihood that it is bad.
Process is questionablePC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that the safety of this process is questionable.
Process is goodPC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that there is a high likelihood that it is good.
Process is goodThis process is a Microsoft or Windows process, but many viruses use this file name to escape notice.

PC Matic Analysis

Purpose: Helphost.exe is used to call up the Windows Help Center.

helphost.exe is an essential part of Windows and required for Windows to work properly. It should never be disabled.


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helphost.exe is a Microsoft or Windows process but some versions of this exe carry viruses.
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helphost.exe Technical Information

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.02%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 4 MB

MD5 Hash Analysis

Program Name MD5 Count
helphost.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0xcf2c9fe66dc2f03ba808291ef5fe0a41 10/17/2014 1:33:00 PM Unknown 5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148) Help Center Hosting Server 97 KB
2 Status 0x77433ec4aa741eacf7203eb95f1a4aba 1/7/2012 3:27:00 PM Unknown 5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148) Help Center Hosting Server 97 KB
3 Status 0x62bffdcd31191723905ad17a20060cea 3/27/2011 12:16:00 AM Unknown 5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148) Help Center Hosting Server 97 KB
4 Status 0x4b89bfb3f675b8472646c28bf4549100 3/17/2011 8:04:00 PM Unknown Unknown Help Center Hosting Server 97 KB
5 Status 0xa35807ea6e1baaf8bba6f80e2096eef7 9/26/2010 8:49:00 AM Unknown Unknown Help Center Hosting Server 97 KB
6 Status 0x9922f7bc2522dfbd255edf053195d736 6/29/2010 2:17:00 PM Unknown 5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148) Help Center Hosting Server 97 KB
7 Status 0xb8f6b134534e676ee8d1e3cf5e990551 1/29/2010 3:18:00 PM Unknown Unknown Help Center Hosting Server 97 KB
8 Status 0x045585897a570e8a86198ed3d79dabb1 1/27/2010 9:18:00 AM Unknown Unknown Help Center Hosting Server 97 KB
9 Status 0xf676421d70b30b6f19c140821708c74f 1/2/2010 6:26:00 AM Unknown Unknown Help Center Hosting Server 117 KB
10 Status 0x6c0f207e649e1706af754663f01ab9ab 10/23/2009 10:38:00 PM Unknown 5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148) Help Center Hosting Server 97 KB
11 Status 0x52d85a8713a4c4d7ada68b63a53862fb 8/27/2009 5:10:00 PM Unknown 5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148) Help Center Hosting Server 97 KB
12 Status 0xcc21b7a952a5c588de6d8df7d55cdb86 6/21/2009 6:33:00 PM Unknown Unknown Help Center Hosting Server 97 KB
13 Status 0xb3369d38e6535c99a880fe104f3476df 6/19/2009 3:20:00 AM Unknown Unknown Help Center Hosting Server 104 KB
14 Status 0x8e7be6bea1805826d7a092b064591596 6/10/2009 3:07:00 PM Unknown Unknown Help Center Hosting Server 97 KB
15 Status 0xf0266f8f5250e7a8b415d954a182e681 6/3/2009 4:22:00 PM Unknown Unknown Help Center Hosting Server 97 KB
16 Status 0x5cd6e4e842129a2438ecd6b553231cd7 4/19/2009 11:29:00 AM Unknown Unknown Help Center Hosting Server 116 KB
17 Status 0xcd726c16e75ac294160432bae01840ec 3/11/2009 10:04:00 AM Unknown Unknown Help Center Hosting Server 97 KB
18 Status 0xc5ea01fa3fef442b0f794f8ef9bf6c16 10/18/2008 7:08:00 PM Unknown Unknown Help Center Hosting Server 97 KB
19 Status 0xd11f38e8e37f31bb3e1ba2c15df593cd 10/5/2008 12:16:00 PM Unknown Unknown Help Center Hosting Server 97 KB
20 Status 0xef5f8eb0e704ed9759f3a7225dafeccd 9/22/2008 5:22:00 PM Unknown Unknown Help Center Hosting Server 97 KB
21 Status 0xcd828d0a321bc335dfa64a5fb352ee89 9/10/2008 2:28:00 AM Unknown 5.2.3790.3959 (srv03_sp2_rtm.070216-1710) Help Center Hosting Server 111 KB
22 Status 0xf9198ed8f188a3106681aab59fc2b32b 9/7/2008 1:54:00 AM Unknown Unknown Help Center Hosting Server 97 KB
23 Status 0xb36fef1a40e695028ba5ecf00eb0dbe1 8/10/2008 8:12:00 AM Unknown Unknown Help Center Hosting Server 97 KB
24 Status 0xc4eeb948ee44c131300b81ba8fcfa29d 7/13/2008 12:28:00 AM Unknown Unknown Help Center Hosting Server 97 KB
25 Status 0xf7a4e8de1844d282bec41d4df406042f 5/28/2008 2:43:00 PM Unknown Unknown Help Center Hosting Server 97 KB


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