What is the "searchfilterhost.exe" ? Variant 573797

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.

Product:: Windows® Search
Company:: Microsoft Corporation
Description:: Microsoft Windows Search Filter Host
Version:: 7.0.7600.16385
MD5:: 8a674f9ab20b4937357bf6f5a0938ebf
SHA1:: 0c81247718d241d2f58e7515c3b06443256acbe9
SHA256:: 0ec6d49818be7731c55cb629aef43a7794fb5abef9ff83812470fe21a6213cdd
Size:: 86528
Directory:: C:\Windows\System32
Operating System:: Windows XP
Occurence:: High

System Explorer Community Antivirus Report

This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :

Antivirus Name	Latest Toleration
Avast Antivirus	2016-09-07 22:38:09
ESET Smart Security 9.0.349.0	2016-09-07 21:48:51
ESET NOD32 Antivirus 8.0	2016-09-07 21:37:24
Panda Antivirus Pro 2016	2016-09-07 21:36:43
Microsoft Security Essentials	2016-09-07 20:44:01
Kaspersky Internet Security	2016-09-07 20:42:53
Avira Antivirus	2016-09-07 17:06:35
ESET NOD32 Antivirus 9.0.381.1	2016-09-07 07:49:48
System Center Endpoint Protection	2016-09-07 02:30:33
avast! Antivirus	2016-09-06 19:30:10

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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

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SAFErating from user Moraxv for file C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe

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SAFErating from user gnomik for file C:\Windows\System32\searchfilterhost.exe
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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