taskhostex.exe

Host Process for Windows Tasks by Microsoft Corporation (Signed)

Remove taskhostex.exe
Version:   6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623)
MD5:   40bd4960734b0fa0872af71b1e4314ce
SHA1:   cd5833098a7b72fa5977ef805bfed77e38af8c4a
This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.

What is taskhostex.exe?

Host Process for Windows Tasks (TASKHOST) 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.

Overview

taskhostex.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges typically within the context of its parent svchost.exe (Host Process for Windows Services by Microsoft Corporation). The file is digitally signed by Microsoft Corporation. and is compiled as a 64 bit program.

DetailsDetails

File name:taskhostex.exe
Publisher:Microsoft Corporation
Product name:Host Process for Windows Tasks
Description:Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Typical file path:C:\Windows\System32\taskhostex.exe
Original name:taskhostex.exe.mui
File version:6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623)
Product version:6.3.9600.16384
Size:77.67 KB (79,536 bytes)
Build date:8/22/2013 5:52 AM
Certificate
Issued to:Microsoft Corporation
Authority (CA):Microsoft Corporation
Expiration date:Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:Windows GUI
File packed:No
Code language:Microsoft Visual C++
.NET CLR:No
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ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.00347100%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00197207%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00149893%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:2,116,910 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:558,706/sec
17,470,203/sec
Context switches:20/sec
284/sec
Memory
Private memory:7.96 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):17.2 MB
Private (minimum):8.67 MB
Non-paged memory:7.96 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:268.56 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):286.14 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:13.59 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):18.12 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:32,547/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:37.03 KB/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:2/sec
343/min
I/O write transfer:187.25 KB/sec
274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:8/sec
227/min
I/O other transfer:478 Bytes/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:74/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:9
12
Handles:310
600
GUI GDI count:16
103
GUI GDI peak:19
142
GUI USER count:17
49
GUI USER peak:20
71

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:Medium
Platform:64-bit
Command lines:
  • taskhostex.exe
  • taskhostex.exe idle
Owner:User
Parent process:svchost.exe (Host Process for Windows Services by Microsoft Corporation)

ResourcesThreads

Averages
 
ntdll.dll
Total CPU:0.06458605%
0.272967%
Kernel CPU:0.04199571%
0.107585%
User CPU:0.02259034%
0.165382%
CPU cycles:1,561,643/sec
5,741,424/sec
Context switches:8/sec
79/sec
Memory:1.66 MB
1.16 MB
WINMM.dll
Total CPU:0.00555467%
Kernel CPU:0.00376658%
User CPU:0.00178810%
CPU cycles:128,189/sec
Context switches:2/sec
Memory:124 KB
ESENT.dll
Total CPU:0.00067821%
Kernel CPU:0.00052380%
User CPU:0.00015441%
CPU cycles:15,400/sec
Memory:2.69 MB
taskhostex.exe (main module)
Total CPU:0.00062625%
Kernel CPU:0.00046531%
User CPU:0.00016094%
CPU cycles:15,507/sec
Memory:84 KB
MSCTF.dll
Total CPU:0.00061669%
Kernel CPU:0.00061669%
User CPU:0.00000000%
CPU cycles:4,466/sec
Memory:1.22 MB
MsCtfMonitor.dll
Total CPU:0.00043224%
Kernel CPU:0.00037591%
User CPU:0.00005633%
CPU cycles:14,345/sec
Memory:44 KB
msched.dll
Total CPU:0.00024665%
Kernel CPU:0.00000000%
User CPU:0.00024665%
CPU cycles:5,953/sec
Memory:148 KB
PlaySndSrv.dll
Total CPU:0.00012493%
Kernel CPU:0.00012493%
User CPU:0.00000000%
CPU cycles:2,286/sec
Memory:100 KB

Common loaded modules

These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 8.1 27.00%
Windows 8 22.00%
Windows 8 Pro 14.50%
Windows 8.1 Pro 11.50%
Windows 8.1 Single Language 5.50%
Windows 8 Single Language 5.50%
Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center 3.00%
Windows 8 Enterprise 2.50%
Windows 8.1 Pro Preview 2.00%
Windows 8 Enterprise N 1.50%
Windows 8 Pro with Media Center 1.50%
Windows 8.1 Enterprise 1.00%
Windows 8.1 N 0.50%
Windows 8.1 Enterprise Evaluation 0.50%
Windows 8 Enterprise Evaluation 0.50%
Windows 8 Pro N 0.50%
Windows 8.1 Single Language Preview 0.50%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 40.70% of Host Process for Windows Tasks.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Hewlett-Packard 14.50%
ASUS 14.50%
Lenovo 14.50%
Dell 12.98%
Acer 12.60%
Toshiba 12.21%
Sony 7.63%
Intel 4.58%
GIGABYTE 2.67%
Samsung 1.53%
Alienware 0.76%
Medion 0.76%
American Megatrends 0.76%
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