Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

Additional versions

6.3.9600.17031 (winblue_gdr.140221-1952)	14.44%
6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623)	9.17%
6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623)	0.28%
6.3.9431.0 (winmain_bluemp.130615-1214)	0.83%
6.3.9431.0 (winmain_bluemp.130615-1214)	0.28%
6.2.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247)	66.67%
6.2.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247)	7.78%
6.2.8400.0 (winmain_win8rc.120518-1423)	0.28%
6.2.8400.0 (winmain_win8rc.120518-1423)	0.28%

Relationships

Parent process

svchost.exe (Host Process for Windows Services by Microsoft Corporation)

Related files

das.dll (Device Association Service by Microsoft)

dasHost.exe

Device Association Framework Provider Host by Microsoft

Remove dasHost.exe

Version:	6.2.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247)
MD5:	42e13c8c5d2d1040dbf1908387bcb420
SHA1:	dcddbdbd887cc471dbc130dfadf74a4297c6241f
SHA256:	b3329f54a0f0329dd9d1d217a05672f3a4c01fb4c1fa85489843ae571fd44339

This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.

What is dasHost.exe?

Device Association Framework Provider Host enables pairing between the system and wired or wireless devices. This service is new for Windows 8.

Overview

dashost.exe executes as a process with LOCAL SERVICE privileges typically within the context of its parent svchost.exe (Host Process for Windows Services by Microsoft Corporation). The assembly utilizes the .NET run-time framework (which is required to be installed on the PC). This version is installed on Windows 8 and is compiled as a 32 bit program.

Details

File name:	dashost.exe
Publisher:	Microsoft Corporation
Product name:	Device Association Framework Provider Host
Description:	Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Typical file path:	C:\Windows\System32\dashost.exe
File version:	6.2.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247)
Product version:	6.2.9200.16384
Size:	44 KB (45,056 bytes)
Digital DNA
File packed:	No
Code language:	Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET
.NET CLR:	Yes
.NET NGENed:	No

More details

Network connections

[UDP] listens on port 64749

[UDP] listens on port 58359

[UDP] listens on port 62010

[UDP] listens on port 64522

[UDP] listens on port 63959

[UDP] listens on port 55268

[UDP] listens on port 54157

[UDP] listens on port 63608

[UDP] listens on port 57489

[UDP] listens on port 51927

[UDP] listens on port 63917

[UDP] listens on port 60076

[UDP] listens on port 54033

[UDP] listens on port 54836

[UDP] listens on port 57127

[UDP] listens on port 51393

[UDP] listens on port 64461

[UDP] listens on port 55143

[UDP] listens on port 63394

[UDP] listens on port 61331

[UDP] listens on port 57118

Resource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.00063851%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00036544%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00027306%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	4,046,989 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:	13,030/sec	17,470,203/sec
Context switches:	25/sec	284/sec
Memory
Private memory:	3.05 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	7.95 MB
Private (minimum):	4.71 MB
Non-paged memory:	3.05 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	50.15 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	54.34 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	6.03 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	8.99 MB	37.95 MB
Page faults:	9,709/min	2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:	17 Bytes/sec	1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:	1/sec	343/min
I/O write transfer:	138 Bytes/sec	274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:	1/sec	227/min
I/O other transfer:	219 Bytes/sec	448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:	3/sec	1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:	12	12
Handles:	318	600

Process properties

Integrety level:	System
Platform:	32-bit
Command lines:	dashost.exe {33746f4f-32e9-4171-bf5b07a1bfc7e82f} dashost.exe {bd38ed48-96a6-4009-89bfeff80d27d5eb} dashost.exe {02320beb-42f7-432b-9c448e97c6967082} dashost.exe {899f8375-5a4d-41b2-9c46508868a16eab} dashost.exe {8bfc315f-6d57-41d2-b791c19714030f70} dashost.exe {0030dfbe-d885-450a-8261beb1546fb80a} dashost.exe {4ec7274a-59a5-47d3-9ff3a6821517dc67} (28 more)
Owner:	LOCAL SERVICE
Parent process:	svchost.exe (Host Process for Windows Services by Microsoft Corporation)

Threads

Averages

ntdll.dll
Total CPU:	0.05012322%	0.272967%
Kernel CPU:	0.04228440%	0.107585%
User CPU:	0.00783882%	0.165382%
CPU cycles:	1,153,838/sec	5,741,424/sec
Memory:	1.41 MB	1.16 MB
SSDPAPI.dll
Total CPU:	0.00048759%
Kernel CPU:	0.00001010%
User CPU:	0.00047749%
CPU cycles:	4,086/sec
Memory:	56 KB
dashost.exe (main module)
Total CPU:	0.00013312%
Kernel CPU:	0.00000762%
User CPU:	0.00012551%
CPU cycles:	542/sec
Memory:	56 KB

Common loaded modules

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

Distribution by Windows OS

OS version	distribution
Windows 8	26.50%
Windows 8.1	23.50%
Windows 8 Pro	15.50%
Windows 8.1 Pro	9.50%
Windows 8 Single Language	5.50%
Windows 8.1 Single Language	4.50%
Windows 8 Pro with Media Center	3.50%
Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center	3.00%
Windows 8 Enterprise	2.50%
Windows 8.1 Enterprise	1.00%
Windows 8.1 Pro Preview	1.00%
Windows 8 Pro N	1.00%
Windows 8.1 N	0.50%
Windows 8.1 Enterprise Evaluation	0.50%
Windows 8 Enterprise N	0.50%
Windows 8 Enterprise Evaluation	0.50%
Windows 8.1 Single Language Preview	0.50%
Windows 8.1 Pro Preview with Media Center	0.50%

Distribution by country

United States installs about 40.20% of Device Association Framework Provider Host.

Distribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturer	distribution
Hewlett-Packard	16.41%
ASUS	16.03%
Lenovo	14.50%
Acer	12.98%
Dell	12.98%
Toshiba	12.98%
Sony	6.11%
GIGABYTE	2.67%
Intel	2.29%
Samsung	1.91%
Alienware	0.76%
American Megatrends	0.38%

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