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What is taskhost.exe? taskhost

Vendor:      Microsoft Corporation
Product:     Windows
Vendor Website:     
Last Seen by PC Pitstop:      No Data

Process is Bad PC Pitstop has analyzed this process and determined that there is a high likelihood that it is bad.
Process is questionablePC Pitstop has analyzed this process and determined that the safety of this process is questionable.
Process is goodPC Pitstop 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 Pitstop Analysis

Purpose: TaskHost.exe is an integral part of the Windows 7.

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

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taskhost.exe Technical Information

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 4.24%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 5 MB

MD5 Hash Analysis

Program Name MD5 Count
taskhost.exe

MD5 Hashes Expand md5 List Collapse md5 List
# Status MD5 File Info Last Seen Signed Day Week Month Threat info
1 Status 0x3ac005686f8b3289691e5bdbd5251c53 More File Information 6/15/2013 Unsigned 55 677 3232 Not Applicable
2 Status 0x25c45d6ca270f0df1d815939b0150d89 More File Information 6/15/2013 Unsigned 2587 18977 73427 Not Applicable
3 Status 0x72e953215cade1a726c04aafdf6b463d More File Information 6/15/2013 Unsigned 29390 212516 854367 Not Applicable
4 Status 0x8f4f5a5c1bae72ce6eaeea1ca3f98ca2 More File Information 6/15/2013 Unsigned 1684 12202 53804 Not Applicable
5 Status 0xe11a6d3703e745a89e5e059ae88ca863 More File Information 6/15/2013 Unsigned 51 153 503 Not Applicable
6 Status 0x7fa8ba5a780e4757964ac9d4238302b9 More File Information 6/15/2013 Unsigned 1030 7277 29614 Not Applicable
7 Status 0xaf9a537b51df9b1476c6a7f43a822143 More File Information 5/28/2013 Unsigned 0 0 15 Not Applicable
8 Status 0x67b1fa221cb775fefdf4842db8c6817c More File Information 5/9/2013 Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
9 Status 0xe0e4911b3e59ce074bfd1dd5e9023871 More File Information 4/25/2013 Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
10 Status 0x3e4c9cfd92ca9ebfe7141b064691c392 More File Information 4/14/2013 Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
11 Status 0x200314718df8f9c5516eaf40e7d8a037 More File Information 3/19/2013 Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
12 Status 0x38bff71dc88b6e9d2b6e8f4c698634dc More File Information 1/17/2013 Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
13 Status 0xb09f69105c5741a311b529e93238405b More File Information 12/16/2012 Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
14 Status 0x517110bd83835338c037269e603db55d More File Information 11/18/2012 Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
15 Status 0x8b3e34c6251e50d1615a386edb5a3c77 More File Information 11/13/2012 Unsigned 0 0 0 Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
16 Status 0x0c73403bc2a12bff35809a6af7df1c28 More File Information 8/20/2012 Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
17 Status 0x919811ad503e20df1632270868adb6de More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
18 Status 0x0200314718df8f9c5516eaf40e7d8a03 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
19 Status 0x3eefb971d61ef9638fd21f14c703ca11 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
20 Status 0x03e36668dfa91e386b384f3f9baba727 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
21 Status 0x2a8908b6c1fbff76f99ce0219b0c6c01 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
22 Status 0x685c3285f9832ebc3a8217c4d7ac8bd0 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
MD5 Hashes Expand md5 List Collapse md5 List
# Status MD5 Last Seen File Date Revision Common Name Size
1 Status 0x0f9227e4b7f0104893a6a239af241c5b 4/26/2013 8:39:00 AM Unknown Unknown taskhost 68 KB
2 Status 0x72e953215cade1a726c04aafdf6b463d 1/8/2013 1:12:00 PM Unknown Unknown taskhost 48 KB
3 Status 0x25c45d6ca270f0df1d815939b0150d89 12/12/2012 10:59:00 AM Unknown Unknown taskhost 52 KB
4 Status 0xe11a6d3703e745a89e5e059ae88ca863 8/5/2012 10:44:00 PM Unknown Unknown taskhost 52 KB
5 Status 0x7efcd3a0b2ffc1aaa0d17ec163ad0c89 7/11/2012 5:26:00 PM Unknown Unknown taskhost 48 KB
6 Status 0x2de50f8f208cefcc593bdae9281dfe80 2/8/2012 10:41:00 PM Unknown Unknown taskhost 75 KB
7 Status 0x8f4f5a5c1bae72ce6eaeea1ca3f98ca2 2/8/2012 4:25:00 AM Unknown Unknown taskhost 48 KB
8 Status 0x7fa8ba5a780e4757964ac9d4238302b9 2/8/2012 3:23:00 AM Unknown Unknown taskhost 0 KB
9 Status 0x3ac005686f8b3289691e5bdbd5251c53 2/7/2012 11:06:00 PM Unknown Unknown taskhost 48 KB
10 Status 0x3c912f190df522de2345ae9e8ef2cb17 1/13/2012 5:57:00 AM Unknown Unknown taskhost 57 KB
11 Status 0x200314718df8f9c5516eaf40e7d8a037 1/8/2012 8:47:00 PM Unknown Unknown taskhost 48 KB
12 Status 0xccd480ae0b949b6d9f3b66b4580db2da 8/7/2011 5:28:00 PM Unknown Unknown taskhost 49 KB
13 Status 0x919811ad503e20df1632270868adb6de 8/7/2011 12:51:00 AM Unknown Unknown taskhost 47 KB
14 Status 0x685c3285f9832ebc3a8217c4d7ac8bd0 8/1/2011 3:16:00 AM Unknown Unknown taskhost 48 KB
15 Status 0x721c344a04136e629375d4b92eecdc7a 5/15/2011 4:24:00 PM Unknown Unknown taskhost 51 KB
16 Status 0x239423f5c41fd909ad50786f2a6f3541 5/3/2011 2:44:00 PM Unknown Unknown taskhost 48 KB
17 Status 0x509efd7ca64535bdcfe6d719a22fe041 4/16/2011 6:09:00 PM Unknown Unknown taskhost 49 KB
18 Status 0x0c39b1035a98e061b53ff7913fb467d9 4/2/2011 5:31:00 PM Unknown Unknown taskhost 48 KB
19 Status 0x68f5b3e66a53f9460144377251376226 3/26/2011 1:39:00 AM Unknown Unknown taskhost 48 KB
20 Status 0x05ca6eabfaa2c7ea86c56c4ad3132c35 3/5/2011 3:21:00 AM Unknown Unknown taskhost 48 KB
21 Status 0x1287da8920454f3ef205805ac2c53e12 2/28/2011 11:07:00 PM Unknown Unknown taskhost 48 KB
22 Status 0x430f2ad2e4ca2ed2d2bb49f3f13f6d47 8/20/2010 12:21:00 AM Unknown Unknown taskhost 49 KB
23 Status 0x0c73403bc2a12bff35809a6af7df1c28 8/14/2010 4:35:00 PM Unknown Unknown taskhost 49 KB
24 Status 0x06e1461a42241b8e50620d5802661004 8/3/2010 7:01:00 PM Unknown Unknown taskhost 46 KB
25 Status 0xaaf9ff25cace27cd8893e9cf4a7c7910 3/3/2010 6:47:00 PM Unknown Unknown taskhost 49 KB



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