PREVHOST.exe
Preview Handler Surrogate Host by Microsoft
| Version: | 6.1.7601.17562 (win7sp1_gdr.110217-1504) | 
| MD5: | 5d1bff0fce80f9e2e539f436710d4a79 | 
| SHA1: | 5dffa608977f6cc5cff7bc4c90f1e3d8f05611fc | 
| SHA256: | efabf20b403d5c53cda24592628382b6d465c26986751ee26f2012d3c238cb27 | 
This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.
Overview
 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: | 6.1.7601.17562 (win7sp1_gdr.110217-1504) | 
| Product version: | 6.1.7601.17562 | 
| Size: | 30.5 KB (31,232 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: | 0.00041930% |  | 
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00026885% |  | 
| User CPU: | 0.00015045% |  | 
| Kernel CPU time: | 181 ms/min |  | 
| CPU cycles: | 117,668/sec |  | 
| Memory | 
| Private memory: | 4 MB |  | 
| Private (maximum): | 7.61 MB |  | 
| Private (minimum): | 4.69 MB |  | 
| Non-paged memory: | 4 MB |  | 
| Virtual memory: | 66.43 MB |  | 
| Virtual memory (peak): | 69.49 MB |  | 
| Working set: | 5.05 MB |  | 
| Working set (peak): | 7.72 MB |  | 
| Page faults: | 11,891/min |  | 
| I/O | 
| I/O read transfer: | 844 Bytes/sec |  | 
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec |  | 
| I/O other transfer: | 38 Bytes/sec |  | 
| I/O other operations: | 3/sec |  | 
| Resource allocations | 
| Threads: | 6 |  | 
| Handles: | 110 |  | 
| GUI GDI count: | 10 |  | 
| GUI GDI peak: | 12 |  | 
| GUI USER count: | 11 |  | 
| GUI USER peak: | 14 |  | 
 
 Process properties
Process properties
| Integrety level: | Low | 
| Platform: | 64-bit | 
| Command lines: | 
C:\windows\syswow64\prevhost.exe {dc6efb56-9cfa-464d-8880-44885d7dc193} -embeddingC:\Windows\System32\prevhost.exe {914feed8-267a-4baa-b8aa-21e233792679} -embeddingC:\Windows\System32\prevhost.exe {cf822ab4-6db5-4fda-bc28-e61df36d2583} -embedding | 
| Owner: | User | 
| Parent process: | svchost.exe (Host Process for Windows Services by Microsoft Corporation) | 
 Threads
Threads
Averages
 
| wow64cpu.dll | 
| Total CPU: | 0.00104729% |  | 
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00104729% |  | 
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% |  | 
| CPU cycles: | 20,556/sec |  | 
| Memory: | 32 KB |  | 
| wow64.dll | 
| Total CPU: | 0.00034296% |  | 
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00007621% |  | 
| User CPU: | 0.00026675% |  | 
| CPU cycles: | 8,944/sec |  | 
| Memory: | 252 KB |  | 
| prevhost.exe (main module) | 
| Total CPU: | 0.00023093% |  | 
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00017846% |  | 
| User CPU: | 0.00005247% |  | 
| CPU cycles: | 9,375/sec |  | 
| Memory: | 44 KB |  | 
| SHLWAPI.dll | 
| Total CPU: | 0.00005274% |  | 
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00005274% |  | 
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% |  | 
| CPU cycles: | 3,200/sec |  | 
| Memory: | 348 KB |  | 
 
 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% |  |