Versions

6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623)	0.43%
6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623)	0.02%
6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623)	0.69%
6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623)	0.24%
6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623)	0.64%
6.3.9431.0 (winmain_bluemp.130615-1214)	0.05%
6.3.9431.0 (winmain_bluemp.130615-1214)	0.05%
6.2.9200.16420 (win8_gdr.120919-1813)	0.02%
6.2.9200.16420 (win8_gdr.120919-1813)	0.07%
6.2.9200.16420 (win8_gdr.120919-1813)	0.45%
6.2.9200.16420 (win8_gdr.120919-1813)	1.42%
6.2.9200.16420 (win8_gdr.120919-1813)	0.28%
6.2.9200.16420 (win8_gdr.120919-1813)	2.48%
6.2.9200.16420 (win8_gdr.120919-1813)	1.85%
6.2.9200.16420 (win8_gdr.120919-1813)	0.19%
6.2.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247)	0.14%
6.2.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247)	0.19%
6.2.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247)	0.07%
6.2.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247)	0.14%
6.2.8400.0 (winmain_win8rc.120518-1423)	0.07%
6.2.8250.0 (winmain_win8beta.120217-1520)	0.02%
6.2.8250.0 (winmain_win8beta.120217-1520)	0.02%
6.2.8102.0 (winmain_win8m3.110823-1455)	0.05%
6.2.8102.0 (winmain_win8m3.110823-1455)	0.05%
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)	3.15%
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)	6.08%
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)	4.90%
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)	1.94%
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)	0.09%
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)	0.02%
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)	15.59%
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)	5.82%
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)	1.23%
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)	26.26%
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)	9.75%
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)	1.30%
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)	1.56%
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)	0.62%
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)	0.02%
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)	0.12%
6.0.6000.16386 (vista_rtm.061101-2205)	8.90%
6.0.6000.16386 (vista_rtm.061101-2205)	0.02%
6.0.6000.16386 (vista_rtm.061101-2205)	0.52%
6.0.6000.16386 (vista_rtm.061101-2205)	1.87%
6.0.6000.16386 (vista_rtm.061101-2205)	0.47%
6.0.6000.16386 (vista_rtm.061101-2205)	0.02%
6.0.6000.16386 (vista_rtm.061101-2205)	0.12%

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

There are 47 versions of taskhost.exe in the wild, the latest version being 6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623). taskhost.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. The average file size is about 180.83 KB. The file is a digitally signed and issued to Microsoft Corporation by Microsoft Corporation. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is less than 0.01%, the average private memory consumption is about 8.24 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 11.21 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 9.85 KB per minute for reads and 41.09 KB per minute for writes.

Host Process for Windows Tasks is a generic process which acts as a host for processes that run from DLLs rather than EXEs. At startup TASKHOST checks the Services portion of the Registry to construct a list of DLL-based services that it needs to load, and then loads them.