taskhostex.exe

Host Process for Windows Tasks by Microsoft Corporation (Signed)

Remove taskhostex.exe
Version:   6.3.9431.0 (winmain_bluemp.130615-1214)
MD5:   17d4e929fef1fd2b3fd0f4d3da809ea6
SHA1:   9327ef5b436e54b38a909143086035faf797c840
SHA256:   da0f1cf04b5d8a3b30e87f233ff465c58fe07a0c6c3c81ea6cdd98678d0dbfcc
This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.

What is taskhostex.exe?

Host Process for Windows Tasks (TASKHOST) 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

taskhostex.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges typically within the context of its parent svchost.exe (Host Process for Windows Services by Microsoft Corporation). The file is digitally signed by Microsoft Corporation. and is compiled as a 32 bit program.

DetailsDetails

File name:taskhostex.exe
Publisher:Microsoft Corporation
Product name:Host Process for Windows Tasks
Description:Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Typical file path:C:\Windows\System32\taskhostex.exe
Original name:taskhostex.exe.mui
File version:6.3.9431.0 (winmain_bluemp.130615-1214)
Product version:6.3.9431.0
Size:64.45 KB (66,000 bytes)
Build date:6/15/2013 3:06 PM
Certificate
Issued to:Microsoft Corporation
Authority (CA):Microsoft Corporation
Expiration date:Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:Windows GUI
File packed:No
Code language:Microsoft Visual C++
.NET CLR:No
More details

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.00005425%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00000281%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00005144%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:6,047 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:87,405/sec
17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:3.76 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):8.42 MB
Private (minimum):5.72 MB
Non-paged memory:3.76 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:95.18 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):99.46 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:6.33 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):10.75 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:26,377/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:951 Bytes/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:1/sec
343/min
I/O write transfer:14.8 KB/sec
274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:1/sec
227/min
I/O other transfer:51 Bytes/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:10/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:9
12
Handles:290
600
GUI GDI count:13
103
GUI GDI peak:17
142
GUI USER count:17
49
GUI USER peak:20
71

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:Medium
Platform:32-bit
Command line:taskhostex.exe
Owner:User
Parent process:svchost.exe (Host Process for Windows Services by Microsoft Corporation)

ResourcesThreads

Averages
 
ESENT.dll
Total CPU:0.00005720%
0.272967%
Kernel CPU:0.00003814%
0.107585%
User CPU:0.00001907%
0.165382%
CPU cycles:2,033/sec
5,741,424/sec
Memory:2.23 MB
1.16 MB
MSCTF.dll
Total CPU:0.00002288%
Kernel CPU:0.00002288%
User CPU:0.00000000%
CPU cycles:716/sec
Memory:956 KB
WINMM.dll
Total CPU:0.00001907%
Kernel CPU:0.00001525%
User CPU:0.00000381%
CPU cycles:924/sec
Memory:128 KB
MsCtfMonitor.dll
Total CPU:0.00000381%
Kernel CPU:0.00000000%
User CPU:0.00000381%
CPU cycles:171/sec
Memory:36 KB
taskhostex.exe (main module)
Total CPU:0.00000381%
Kernel CPU:0.00000191%
User CPU:0.00000191%
CPU cycles:188/sec
Memory:68 KB

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 8.1 27.00%
Windows 8 22.00%
Windows 8 Pro 14.50%
Windows 8.1 Pro 11.50%
Windows 8.1 Single Language 5.50%
Windows 8 Single Language 5.50%
Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center 3.00%
Windows 8 Enterprise 2.50%
Windows 8.1 Pro Preview 2.00%
Windows 8 Enterprise N 1.50%
Windows 8 Pro with Media Center 1.50%
Windows 8.1 Enterprise 1.00%
Windows 8.1 N 0.50%
Windows 8.1 Enterprise Evaluation 0.50%
Windows 8 Enterprise Evaluation 0.50%
Windows 8 Pro N 0.50%
Windows 8.1 Single Language Preview 0.50%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 40.70% of Host Process for Windows Tasks.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Hewlett-Packard 14.50%
ASUS 14.50%
Lenovo 14.50%
Dell 12.98%
Acer 12.60%
Toshiba 12.21%
Sony 7.63%
Intel 4.58%
GIGABYTE 2.67%
Samsung 1.53%
Alienware 0.76%
Medion 0.76%
American Megatrends 0.76%
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