VersionsVersions

6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623) 0.99%
6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623) 0.06%
6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623) 1.60%
6.3.9431.0 (winmain_bluemp.130615-1214) 0.11%
6.2.9200.16420 (win8_gdr.120919-1813) 0.06%
6.2.9200.16420 (win8_gdr.120919-1813) 0.17%
6.2.9200.16420 (win8_gdr.120919-1813) 1.05%
6.2.9200.16420 (win8_gdr.120919-1813) 3.30%
6.2.9200.16420 (win8_gdr.120919-1813) 4.29%
6.2.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247) 0.33%
6.2.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247) 0.33%
6.2.8400.0 (winmain_win8rc.120518-1423) 0.17%
6.2.8250.0 (winmain_win8beta.120217-1520) 0.06%
6.2.8102.0 (winmain_win8m3.110823-1455) 0.11%
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) 7.32%
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) 14.14%
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) 11.39%
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) 4.51%
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) 0.22%
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) 0.06%
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) 36.25%
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) 13.53%

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taskhost.exe

Host Process for Windows Tasks by Microsoft Corporation (Signed)

Remove taskhost.exe
This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.

Overview

There are 22 versions of taskhost.exe in the wild, the latest version being 6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623). taskhost.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. The average file size is about 65.32 KB. The file is a digitally signed and issued to Microsoft Corporation by Microsoft Corporation. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is less than 0.01%, the average private memory consumption is about 13.18 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 15.45 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 58.84 KB per minute for reads and 70.69 KB per minute for writes.

What is taskhost.exe?

Host Process for Windows Tasks is a generic process which acts as a host for processes that run from DLLs rather than EXEs. At startup TASKHOST checks the Services portion of the Registry to construct a list of DLL-based services that it needs to load, and then loads them.

DetailsDetails

File name:taskhost.exe
Publisher:Microsoft Corporation
Product name:Host Process for Windows Tasks
Description:Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Typical file path:C:\Windows\System32\taskhost.exe
Original name:taskhost.exe.mui
Certificate
Issued to:Microsoft Corporation
Authority (CA):Microsoft Corporation
Expiration date:Tuesday, July 9, 2013

VersionsAll file variations of taskhost.exe

MD5SHA-1File size
ede582496d0cadee35ea2b1076ff19a8 0439c7e56bfbdbe29a78876f3b06d4df03ff61cf 82.71 KB
9333096b59dad0c4294749755963dba7 22d1190ee536bd9af9372a3440a89e6f6887dfb0 63.03 KB
3711306c8d1a859351d735d93090c1c0 8570e08f5103fd0f496b1de9adef6e49e237433f 81.17 KB
eae9c0e238ec2b5876092378f78d3c53 4b868c3b3a49860f4c375db7b5db59b8441bc961 83.66 KB
67b1fa221cb775fefdf4842db8c6817c fce39ef2474486689a3170c05791a16144c3f320 52.5 KB
39cea8232b92b33f1bb6afa8c163efc3 6e23817eedeeb28c922ed1626ff92b865d751913 76 KB
e4a513ecf4b3df7afb3c5c8b98243c99 4dfd5a29ea7b7f366d596c9f89f9e795129ecc11 76 KB
3426be7d0ed8888acfe04ba6bb9af83b 86570e2b310e8806ec839c238c028cacc7e0042f 76 KB
4a627d948c498368b2f65a5312455520 ba4452efe4c36d652cfbcba709e76439927ada67 76 KB
26bd3309ad2684dd514ce1fc9654aecf 6dd0af749f034b50a9911833df9bc1d41d5dc42b 76 KB
e11a6d3703e745a89e5e059ae88ca863 990a21235c3ac5c6e84cf25063e5a6ff489f6539 52.5 KB
181c5e94218613cc3d478f9232062e4c 74c317e7a1e04911e3e4d6f6c5189c015227c2dd 76.5 KB
af9a537b51df9b1476c6a7f43a822143 4f82288c54ef97a8f9c57a89d01c55af9dbb3add 51.5 KB
38bff71dc88b6e9d2b6e8f4c698634dc 38a902c74afc4c48329da6988b0c8b58bf14d663 52 KB
8f4f5a5c1bae72ce6eaeea1ca3f98ca2 2a9f4d0b7e1a5cbb845a4c9621d6cc56bf985264 48 KB
517110bd83835338c037269e603db55d 61478d71931fb3e304bc341236ab0db1d6c26e09 67.5 KB
7fa8ba5a780e4757964ac9d4238302b9 002d079abf217b3fdc3f0c86af93a2c51ab45227 48 KB
3eefb971d61ef9638fd21f14c703ca11 1618ff452b08e4a994fb5327d11833a39951c7df 67.5 KB
3ac005686f8b3289691e5bdbd5251c53 ec1e0e132476778469e7b3f20a199f53678b68de 48 KB
36391ab6ad5175ace48a7c89cc12ad9b 5207b28754eaee57c47c14962708e5c6581a3379 67.5 KB
639774c9acd063f028f6084abf5593ad 1ab1e31fe9f3347f68b1eee8ff02f525fc46ccc9 67 KB
72e953215cade1a726c04aafdf6b463d d37708435e6f6cf2fd69b791fa4be3460329b47d 48 KB

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Home Premium 44.75%
Windows 7 Ultimate 25.25%
Windows 7 Professional 8.75%
Windows 8.1 6.00%
Windows 8.1 Pro 4.00%
Windows 8 3.00%
Windows 7 Home Basic 2.00%
Windows 8.1 Single Language 1.00%
Windows 8 Pro 1.00%
Windows 8 Single Language 0.75%
Windows 7 Starter 0.75%
Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center 0.50%
Windows Developer Preview 0.50%
Windows 7 Enterprise 0.50%
Windows Seven Black Edition 0.25%
Windows 8.1 Enterprise Evaluation 0.25%
Windows 8.1 Pro Preview 0.25%
Windows Se7en Titan 0.25%
Windows 8 Enterprise 0.25%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 42.07% of Host Process for Windows Tasks.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Dell 21.39%
Hewlett-Packard 17.26%
ASUS 17.26%
Acer 12.76%
Toshiba 9.01%
Lenovo 6.38%
Sony 5.63%
GIGABYTE 2.81%
Samsung 1.69%
Intel 1.50%
Medion 1.13%
Alienware 0.75%
American Megatrends 0.56%
Sahara 0.38%
Gateway 0.38%
MSI 0.38%
NEC 0.38%
Compaq 0.38%
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