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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:
10.0.10586.0 (th2_release.151029-1700)

MD5:
8497852ed44aff902d502015792d315d

SHA-1:
800a4c2e524fc392c45748eae1691fa01d24ea4c

SHA-256:
5d00bbeb147e0c838a622fc42c543b2913d57eaca4e69d9a37ed61e98c819347

Scanner detections:
0 / 68

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

Analysis date:
8/9/2026 8:35:41 AM UTC  (today)

File size:
42.9 KB (43,944 bytes)

Product version:
10.0.10586.0

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:
4/8/2015 1:28:14 PM

Valid to:
7/8/2016 1:28:14 PM

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:
10/29/2015 7:36:42 PM

OS version:
10.0

OS bitness:
Win64

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.10

CTPH (ssdeep):
768:pkADcnqoXSBAXV9At9r2b/JcUdGWkrXL01PY4n5X:pkrflCnSJccQTLEPDN

Entry address:
0x3980

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, 49, 46, 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, 86, 16, 00, 00, 33, C0, 48, 83, C4, 38, C3, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, FF, 25, 82, 16, 00, 00, CC, CC...
 
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Entropy:
6.0327

Code size:
16 KB (16,384 bytes)

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