What is the "searchfilterhost.exe" ? Variant 4677982

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. This is executable file. You can find it running in Task Manager as the process searchfilterhost.exe.

Product:: Windows® Search
Company:: Microsoft Corporation
Description:: Microsoft Windows Search Filter Host
Version:: 7.0.7600.16401
MD5:: a78b45c73384515a645b74c883a724cb
SHA1:: dc447ac4228a470fe8bbe6074f30b7089557332e
SHA256:: 353002986addb49b16fa94917e9fa29c5ae6dc5f007a6dd4db3f871480aa6eea
Size:: 113664
Directory:: C:\Windows\System32
Operating System:: Windows 7
Occurence:: High

System Explorer Community Antivirus Report

This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :

Antivirus Name	Latest Toleration
Panda Free Antivirus	2016-07-03 19:58:22
ESET NOD32 Antivirus 9.0.318.24	2016-06-30 01:33:23
avast! Antivirus	2016-06-25 14:26:21
Baidu Antivirus	2016-06-23 18:10:11
ESET Smart Security 8.0	2016-06-14 09:11:48
ESET Smart Security 9.0.318.20	2016-06-13 23:53:38
360 Total Security	2016-06-07 13:47:18

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Reviews for different files with filename "C:\Windows\System32\searchfilterhost.exe"

SAFErating from user gnomik for file C:\Windows\System32\searchfilterhost.exe
SAFErating from user VoGGNirvana for file C:\Windows\System32\searchfilterhost.exe
SAFErating from user Alex for file C:\Windows\System32\searchfilterhost.exe (Variant: 34866932)
Directory: C:WindowsSystem32
THREATrating from user Русский for file C:\Windows\System32\searchfilterhost.exe
SAFErating from user Felipe for file C:\Windows\System32\searchfilterhost.exe
SAFErating from user MikeOne for file C:\Windows\System32\searchfilterhost.exe (Variant: 502274)
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
SAFErating from user Gethard for file C:\Windows\System32\searchfilterhost.exe