PREVHOST.exe
Preview Handler Surrogate Host by Microsoft
| Version: | 6.2.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247) | 
| MD5: | 0085390758f1c5f41ee299eddd766bb4 | 
| SHA1: | a9224c8276b8c9cee31f497f55c65ec23fb70894 | 
| SHA256: | 0c4222a9d689c47e3f6f16e0f7054e20935aef0b8f804d857b8ab5cced6de7cf | 
This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.
Overview
prevhost.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges. This version is installed on Windows 8 and is compiled as a 64 bit program.
 Details
Details
| File name: | prevhost.exe | 
| Publisher: | Microsoft Corporation | 
| Product name: | Preview Handler Surrogate Host | 
| Description: | Microsoft® Windows® Operating System | 
| Typical file path: | C:\Windows\System32\prevhost.exe | 
| File version: | 6.2.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247) | 
| Product version: | 6.2.9200.16384 | 
| Size: | 14.5 KB (14,848 bytes) | 
| Digital DNA | 
| PE subsystem: | Windows GUI | 
| File packed: | No | 
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C++ | 
| .NET CLR: | No | 
More details
 Resource utilization
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
| CPU | 
| Total CPU: | 0.00916481% |  | 
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00913855% |  | 
| User CPU: | 0.00002627% |  | 
| Kernel CPU time: | 586 ms/min |  | 
| Context switches: | 36/sec |  | 
| Memory | 
| Private memory: | 6.03 MB |  | 
| Private (maximum): | 15.47 MB |  | 
| Private (minimum): | 6.81 MB |  | 
| Non-paged memory: | 6.03 MB |  | 
| Virtual memory: | 94.24 MB |  | 
| Virtual memory (peak): | 96.7 MB |  | 
| Working set: | 7.54 MB |  | 
| Working set (peak): | 17.01 MB |  | 
| Page faults: | 23,476/min |  | 
| Resource allocations | 
| Threads: | 41 |  | 
| Handles: | 319 |  | 
| GUI GDI count: | 9 |  | 
| GUI GDI peak: | 10 |  | 
| GUI USER count: | 75 |  | 
| GUI USER peak: | 77 |  | 
 
 Process properties
Process properties
| Integrety level: | Undefined | 
| Platform: | 64-bit | 
| Command line: | C:\windows\syswow64\prevhost.exe {dc6efb56-9cfa-464d-8880-44885d7dc193} -embedding | 
| Owner: | User | 
| Parent process: | svchost.exe (by Microsoft) | 
 Distribution by Windows OS
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution | 
| Windows 7 Home Premium | 40.00% |  | 
| Windows 8 Pro | 20.00% |  | 
| Windows 7 Professional | 20.00% |  | 
| Windows 7 Ultimate | 15.00% |  | 
| Windows 8 | 5.00% |  | 
 Distribution by country
Distribution by country
United States installs about 55.00% of Preview Handler Surrogate Host.
 Distribution by PC manufacturer
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution | 
| Dell | 33.33% |  | 
| GIGABYTE | 22.22% |  | 
| Hewlett-Packard | 22.22% |  | 
| Intel | 11.11% |  | 
| Acer | 5.56% |  | 
| Alienware | 5.56% |  |