What is the "searchfilterhost.exe" ? Variant 14540120

Our database contains 1011 different files for filename searchfilterhost.exe but this page contains information about single file with specific attributes. If you want to see general information about the searchfilterhost.exe then visit General Information Page . You can also check most distributed file variants with name searchfilterhost.exe. This file belongs to product Windows® Search and was developed by company Microsoft Corporation. This file has description Microsoft Windows Search Filter Host. Agregate rating is 5(5) stars - based on 1 reviews.This is executable file. You can find it running in Task Manager as the process searchfilterhost.exe.

searchfilterhost.exe Process
Product:
Windows® Search
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Description:
Microsoft Windows Search Filter Host
Version:
7.0.9200.16420
MD5:
8ca8fbd19dc7ed853a8b10805af780fa
SHA1:
1737e3627512906ebdc899012312c5b190d5f9bf
SHA256:
b2f68584aac7981955d02127a7c301195041c9c51358a59c3877a5293ef68a7f
Size:
170496
Directory:
C:\Windows\System32
Operating System:
Windows 8
Occurence:
Medium oc1

System Explorer Community Antivirus Report

This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :
Antivirus NameLatest Toleration
Windows Defender2016-03-30 17:03:36
avast! Antivirus2016-03-04 19:04:40
360 Total Security2016-01-29 05:08:19
ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4.02015-12-08 12:11:10
Avira Antivirus2015-10-25 07:17:38
Baidu Antivirus2014-11-16 15:18:56
Norton Internet Security2014-09-25 14:01:37
Kaspersky CRYSTAL2014-08-20 01:32:51
Avira Desktop2014-06-05 06:02:58
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Is the Process "searchfilterhost.exe" Safe or Threat ?

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100% of reviewed files are marked as Safe .
100% of reviewed files are marked as System file.
Our final rating for this file is Safe. Final rating is based on file reviews, discovered date, users occurence and antivirus scan results.
Filename "searchfilterhost.exe" is used by Microsoft Windows System files. Many threats uses filenames of System Processes to camouflage itself. You should consider suspected any file which uses system filename and is not stored in system directory or has invalid file version information. Correct system file contains full file version information from Microsoft.

75% of reviewed files with different MD5 are marked as Safe .
25% of reviewed files with different MD5 are marked as Threat

User Reviews of the "searchfilterhost.exe"

  • SAFErating from user MikeOne (Variant: 14540120)

    Windows Search, formerly known as Windows Desktop Search (WDS) on Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, is an indexed desktop search platform created by Microsoft for Microsoft Windows. SearchFilterHost.exe hosts the IFilters and property handlers to extract metadata and textual content. It is a low integrity process, which means that it does not have any permission to change the system settings. So, even if it encounters files with malicious content, and by any chance if they manage to take over the process, they will not be able to change any system settings. Check more on Wikipedia : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Search