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svchost.exe

Host Process for Windows Services

Microsoft Corporation

The Windows Service Host (SvcHost) is a system process that hosts multiple Windows services in a shared process. Services run in SvcHost are implemented as dynamically-linked libraries (DLLs).
Publisher:
Microsoft Corporation  (signed and verified)

Product:
Microsoft® Windows® Operating System

Description:
Host Process for Windows Services

 
Part of the Windows Operating System

Version:
10.0.10240.16387 (th1_st1.150711-1429)

MD5:
c95f993ed283517a2680fcc32779cdf2

SHA-1:
792bff3e572c5f0747b001ba64b7ed016584c1ae

SHA-256:
fffa9a2f47a0f25dea5d0357ac2bf4a56c6ec44cf36a4dfb38d9fe4ad0e67bab

Scanner detections:
0 / 68

Status:
Clean (as of last analysis)
Whitelisted  (by digital signature)

Analysis date:
8/10/2026 10:39:20 AM UTC  (today)

File size:
38.9 KB (39,856 bytes)

Product version:
10.0.10240.16387

Copyright:
© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
svchost.exe.mui

File type:
Executable application (Win64 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Microsoft Corporation

Authority:
Microsoft Corporation

Valid from:
4/9/2015 1:58:14 AM

Valid to:
7/9/2016 1:58:14 AM

Subject:
CN=Microsoft Windows Publisher, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Microsoft Windows Production PCA 2011, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US

Serial number:
3300000080E0B6EB3DEB7C8CCB000000000080

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/12/2015 5:48:59 AM

OS version:
10.0

OS bitness:
Win64

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.10

CTPH (ssdeep):
768:+sTqCjLxTTHhlchKAsiVgg9sJndmWW1OyzS/v1Pq66Z:+kvLhBlQcJdS06S/tPd6

Entry address:
0x3440

Entry point:
48, 83, EC, 28, E8, 87, 00, 00, 00, 48, 83, C4, 28, E9, 66, FF, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 66, 66, 0F, 1F, 84, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 48, 3B, 0D, 89, 4B, 00, 00, 75, 10, 48, C1, C1, 10, 66, F7, C1, FF, FF, 75, 01, C3, 48, C1, C9, 10, E9, 62, 01, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 48, 83, EC, 38, 48, 83, 64, 24, 20, 00, 45, 33, C9, 45, 33, C0, FF, 15, D6, 1B, 00, 00, 33, C0, 48, 83, C4, 38, C3, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, FF, 25, BA, 1B, 00, 00, CC, CC...
 
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Entropy:
5.9800

Code size:
13.5 KB (13,824 bytes)

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