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taskhost.exe

taskhost.exe was added to FreeFixer's database on 24th March 2009. The most recent search for this file was done on 24th March 2009. taskhost.exe is located in the 'C:\Windows\system32\' folder and has a size of 50688 bytes.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on taskhost.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameMicrosoft® Windows® Operating System
Company nameMicrosoft Corporation
File descriptionHost Process for Windows Tasks
Internal nametaskhost.exe
Original filenametaskhost.exe.mui
Legal copyright© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Product version6.1.7057.0
File version6.1.7057.0 (winmain.090305-2000)

Digital signatures [?]

This file has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameMicrosoft Windows
Certificate issuer nameMicrosoft Windows Verification PCA
Certificate serial number6101c6c1000000000007

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User vote results: There were 19 votes to remove and 13 votes to keep

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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5430f2ad2e4ca2ed2d2bb49f3f13f6d47
SHA2561f5fd233489764ca7d27b7477ace540753d9163d5548f470f947ab67bb207202

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Comments

Please share with the other users what you think about this file. What does this file do? Is it legitimate or something that your computer is better without? Do you know how it was installed on your system? Did you install it yourself or did it come bundled with some other software? Is it running smoothly or do you get some error message? Any information that will help to document this file is welcome. Thank you for your contributions.

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This is a legitimate file from Microsoft.

# 24 Mar 2009, 7:41

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