What is svchost.exe?

svchost.exe is part of Microsoft® Windows® Operating System and developed by Microsoft Corporation according to the svchost.exe version information.

svchost.exe's description is "Host Process for Windows Services"

svchost.exe is digitally signed by Microsoft Windows Publisher.

svchost.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\' folder.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on svchost.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameMicrosoft® Windows® Operating System
Company nameMicrosoft Corporation
File descriptionHost Process for Windows Services
Internal namesvchost.exe
Original filenamesvchost.exe
Legal copyright© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Product version10.0.22621.1
File version10.0.22621.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameMicrosoft® Windows® Operating System
Company nameMicrosoft Corporation
File descriptionHost Process for Windows Services
Internal namesvchost.exe
Original filenamesvchost.exe
Legal copyright© Microsoft Corporation. All rights..
Product version10.0.22621.1
File version10.0.22621.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Digital signatures [?]

svchost.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameMicrosoft Windows Publisher
Certificate issuer nameMicrosoft Windows Production PCA 2011
Certificate serial number330000036ce57eeb5d1cc2be1700000000036c

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TCP/UDP Listening Ports [?]

svchost.exe has been reported to listen on the following TCP/UDP ports.

PortProtocol# Occurrences
57363UDP v41

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5b96d1c078a724e31b6f98cdb999e47f6
SHA25649fab89d62923d68d5f9627c68110ef522a668730598c3b09cd74fbe8f3f3e62

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to svchost.exe:

svchost.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

svchost.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

Host Process for Windows Services has stopped working.

End Program - svchost.exe. This program is not responding.

svchost.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

svchost.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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