The executable process file dphost.exe (version 2.0.0.361) belongs to Digital Personas range of Windows security products that is identified as DPHost Module as part of the software Digital Persona Platinum, Digital Persona Passwords or DPHost Module that is developed by the company Digital Persona. The process file is found to be running in the Task Manager as the process dphost.exe that is important for the stable and secure running of the PC. The process is found to be located in Program Files\Digital Persona\Bin\DpHost.exe folder and in the subfolder of C:\Program Files. On Windows 7/XP, the process file has a file size of 225,280 bytes (40% of all incidences), 221,184 bytes and 5 other variants. The process file dphost.exe has a signed certificate by Digital Persona Inc., which has been issued by Verisign Time Stamping Services Signer. The process file is not a Windows system file and does not have a visible window that has the ability to hide itself. The process file can be uninstalled in the control panel Add/Remove programs applet. The process file is associated to the program that controls the MS fingerprint and is considered as a MS fingerprint reader.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. dphost.exe. is used by DigitalPersona Password, If you shut down dphost.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop dphost.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is DigitalPersona Password, from your system.

After uninstalling applications it is a good idea to scan you Windows registry for any left over traces of applications. Registry Reviver by ReviverSoft is a great tool for doing this.

The ReviverSoft experts have not yet reviewed dphost.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as DigitalPersona Password, or your operating system that is responsible for running in functions of that application. Some application require that they have processes running all the time so they can do things such as check for updates or notify you when you get an instant message. Some poorly written applications have many processes that run that may not be required and take up valuable processing power within your computer.

We have not received any complaint about this process having higher than normal impact on PC performance. If you have had bad experiences with it please let us know in a comment below and we will investigate it further.

The first thing you should do if dphost.exe. is causing errors on your computer is to run a Windows registry scan with Registry Reviver If you are still seeing errors after this you should uninstall the program that dphost.exe, belongs to, in this case DigitalPersona Password