Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
Additional versions
(Note, Plex publishes each variation of this file with the same version, but the hashes are unique.)
Relationships
Parent process
Child process
plexscripthost.exe
By Plex (Signed)
| MD5: | e28a3211290c4c39a5878f7938d21f91 |
| SHA1: | 893d57eb12352564e3e3646684a286e776f1ea4d |
| SHA256: | 43ba6d08b54a25631e4e40daaa79dbf13bb23434602d77a72d8fc7f67eab0ea4 |
Overview
plexscripthost.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges typically within the context of its parent
plex media server.exe (Plex Media Server by Plex). This is typically installed with the program Plex Media Server published by Plex, Inc.. The file is digitally signed by Plex which was issued by the DigiCert Inc certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | plexscripthost.exe |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\plex\plex media server\plexscripthost.exe |
| Size: | 33.16 KB (33,960 bytes) |
| Build date: | 7/25/2011 9:52 AM |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Plex |
| Authority (CA): | DigiCert Inc |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following program will install this file
“It's easy to watch movie files on a computer monitor. But, what happens when your collection starts to get large? How do you find the show you want to watch easily? How do you know you've watched an episode, or where you stopped it last night? How do you share the media files over several screens? What about content from the Internet?
The Plex Media Server solves these problems by gathering information about your media and storing it o...”
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00183906% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00072990% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00110916% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 246,173 ms/min | |
| Context switches: | 31/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 29.55 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 33.44 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 30.6 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 29.55 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 141.15 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 153.33 MB | |
| Working set: | 33.18 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 34.17 MB | |
| Page faults: | 85,662/min | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 16 | |
| Handles: | 3792 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 4 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 4 | |
| GUI USER count: | 1 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 1 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | Medium |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command lines: |
- "C:\Program Files\plex\plex media server\plexscripthost.exe" "C:\users\user\appdata\local\plex media server\plug-ins\framework.bundle\contents\resources\versions\2\python/bootstrap.py" "C:\users\user\appdata\local\plex media server\plug-ins\system.bundle"
- "C:\Program Files\plex\plex media server\plexscripthost.exe" "C:\users\user\appdata\local\plex media server\plug-ins\framework.bundle\contents\resources\versions\2\python/bootstrap.py" "C:\users\user\appdata\local\plex media server\plug-ins\localmedia.bundle"
- "C:\Program Files\plex\plex media server\plexscripthost.exe" "C:\users\user\appdata\local\plex media server\plug-ins\framework.bundle\contents\resources\versions\2\python/bootstrap.py" "C:\users\user\appdata\local\plex media server\plug-ins\imdb.bundle"
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| Owner: | User |
| Parent process: | plex media server.exe (Plex Media Server by Plex) |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
66.67% |
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| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
33.33% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 66.67% of plexscripthost.exe.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Intel |
66.67% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
33.33% |
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