taskhost.exe
Host Process for Windows Tasks by Microsoft Corporation (Signed)
| Version: | 6.0.6000.16386 (vista_rtm.061101-2205) | 
| MD5: | e5bbfc283d6f5d69b41e464676361020 | 
| SHA1: | eb1176b548f178ccfbeb073e0ffebdf598510db9 | 
| SHA256: | 12b6606c84b946053c76b9596ff3fd0394dfb573e8cfa514d6beb161c862184b | 
This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.
What is taskhost.exe?
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.
Overview
 Details
Details
| File name: | taskhost.exe | 
| Publisher: | Microsoft Corporation | 
| Product name: | Host Process for Windows Tasks | 
| Description: | Microsoft® Windows® Operating System | 
| Typical file path: | C:\Windows\System32\taskhost.exe | 
| Original name: | taskhost.exe.mui | 
| File version: | 6.0.6000.16386 (vista_rtm.061101-2205) | 
| Product version: | 6.0.6000.16386 | 
| Size: | 166 KB (169,984 bytes) | 
| Certificate | 
| Issued to: | Microsoft Corporation | 
| Authority (CA): | Microsoft Corporation | 
| Expiration date: | Tuesday, July 9, 2013 | 
| Digital DNA | 
| Entropy: | 6.163300 | 
| 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: | 0.01524817% |  | 
| Kernel CPU: | 0.01355992% |  | 
| User CPU: | 0.00168825% |  | 
| Kernel CPU time: | 423,485 ms/min |  | 
| Memory | 
| Private memory: | 4.61 MB |  | 
| Private (maximum): | 7.11 MB |  | 
| Private (minimum): | 6.86 MB |  | 
| Non-paged memory: | 4.61 MB |  | 
| Virtual memory: | 68.92 MB |  | 
| Virtual memory (peak): | 76.59 MB |  | 
| Working set: | 6.88 MB |  | 
| Working set (peak): | 8.75 MB |  | 
| Resource allocations | 
| Threads: | 7 |  | 
| Handles: | 201 |  | 
| GUI GDI count: | 26 |  | 
| GUI USER count: | 16 |  | 
 
 Process properties
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System | 
| Platform: | 32-bit | 
| Command lines: | 
taskeng.exe {087bf0ea-4372-4889-8824-7916c9880c7c}taskeng.exe {0a4c312c-6aa3-4b29-87b7-95941cdae0e0}taskeng.exe {aa1cc16b-e9be-4dfc-90b9-33f7b19875e5}taskeng.exe {fbac1e96-2f30-4520-a297-7f650d14e484}taskeng.exe {973eb6b6-fa31-4ad5-911d-d0009a8a94b9}taskeng.exe {1e73ee3e-c9ee-4ad0-9a38-d175706f04b7}taskeng.exe {fa396703-ddf3-4b07-b38b-21bb08680fc1}(7 more) | 
| Owner: | LOCAL SERVICE | 
| Parent process: | svchost.exe (Host Process for Windows Services by Microsoft Corporation) | 
 Threads
Threads
Averages
 
| taskeng.exe (Betriebssystem Microsoft Windows by Microsoft) | 
| Total CPU: | 0.01771560% |  | 
| Kernel CPU: | 0.01632989% |  | 
| User CPU: | 0.00138571% |  | 
| CPU cycles: | 348,148/sec |  | 
| Memory: | 172 KB |  | 
| RPCRT4.dll | 
| Total CPU: | 0.01608769% |  | 
| Kernel CPU: | 0.01608769% |  | 
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% |  | 
| CPU cycles: | 31,552/sec |  | 
| Memory: | 780 KB |  | 
| WINMM.dll | 
| Total CPU: | 0.00352119% |  | 
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00176059% |  | 
| User CPU: | 0.00176059% |  | 
| CPU cycles: | 150,751/sec |  | 
| Memory: | 200 KB |  | 
| MsCtfMonitor.dll | 
| Total CPU: | 0.00351902% |  | 
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00351902% |  | 
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% |  | 
| CPU cycles: | 103,427/sec |  | 
| Memory: | 32 KB |  | 
 
 Distribution by Windows OS
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution | 
| Windows 7 Home Premium | 45.50% |  | 
| Windows 7 Ultimate | 19.50% |  | 
| Windows 8.1 | 10.00% |  | 
| Windows 7 Professional | 8.00% |  | 
| Windows 8.1 Pro | 6.50% |  | 
| Windows 7 Home Basic | 2.50% |  | 
| Windows 8.1 Single Language | 2.00% |  | 
| Windows 8 | 2.00% |  | 
| Windows 8 Single Language | 1.50% |  | 
| Windows Seven Black Edition | 0.50% |  | 
| Windows 8.1 Enterprise Evaluation | 0.50% |  | 
| Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center | 0.50% |  | 
| Windows 7 Starter | 0.50% |  | 
| Windows 8.1 Pro Preview | 0.50% |  | 
 Distribution by country
Distribution by country
United States installs about 48.24% of Host Process for Windows Tasks.
 Distribution by PC manufacturer
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution | 
| Dell | 25.48% |  | 
| Hewlett-Packard | 18.92% |  | 
| ASUS | 17.76% |  | 
| Acer | 13.13% |  | 
| Toshiba | 8.49% |  | 
| Lenovo | 5.41% |  | 
| Sony | 5.41% |  | 
| GIGABYTE | 1.54% |  | 
| Medion | 1.54% |  | 
| Alienware | 1.16% |  | 
| Samsung | 0.77% |  | 
| Sahara | 0.39% |  |