What is the "searchfilterhost.exe" ? Variant 668298

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 Microsoft® Windows® Operating System 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:: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company:: Microsoft Corporation
Description:: Microsoft Windows Search Filter Host
Version:: 6.0.6000.20499
MD5:: 16f140c5899082ebfac36a5be50f51f9
SHA1:: 444597e6d3e76c9203784f68f759e4cb538b21ec
SHA256:: 85fa422c4980798f974494a94f1acb29786958fefb1711a6e08bf040804c0ad9
Size:: 76288
Directory:: C:\Windows\System32
Operating System:: Windows Vista
Occurence:: Medium

System Explorer Community Antivirus Report

This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :

Antivirus Name	Latest Toleration
ESET Smart Security 4.0	2014-12-02 04:01:41

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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