What is the "searchindexer.exe" ? Variant 3348

Our database contains 694 different files for filename searchindexer.exe but this page contains information about single file with specific attributes. If you want to see general information about the searchindexer.exe then visit General Information Page . You can also check most distributed file variants with name searchindexer.exe. This file belongs to product Windows® Search and was developed by company Microsoft Corporation. This file has description Microsoft Windows Search Indexer. This is executable file. You can find it running in Task Manager as the process searchindexer.exe.

Product:: Windows® Search
Company:: Microsoft Corporation
Description:: Microsoft Windows Search Indexer
Version:: 7.00.7100.0 (winmain_win7rc.090421-1700)
MD5:: d029a9c04f53ddb07ca4d5cce0ce17bc
SHA1:: e9f4c326709a0751c6fb347ba890fd78008ab65b
SHA256:: 2c3b7ecdba981bbbd2d82ccb2e202913ac668a1a2215691851bd319d72858ac7
Size:: 429568
Directory:: C:\Windows\System32
Operating System:: Windows 7
Occurence:: Low

System Explorer Community Antivirus Report

This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :

Antivirus Name	Latest Toleration
avast! Antivirus	2016-02-15 17:02:34
AVG AntiVirus Free Edition	2015-12-20 11:33:55
Avira Antivirus	2015-06-22 22:35:39
COMODO Antivirus	2014-01-05 04:18:46
Panda Cloud Antivirus	2013-09-12 10:02:22
Microsoft Security Essentials	2013-03-27 15:24:03

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

SAFErating from user Richie for file C:\Windows\System32\searchindexer.exe (Variant: 46589341)
searchindexer.exe is in most cases the system service which makes indexs for fast search of local files.
SAFErating from user gasReport for file C:\Windows\System32\searchindexer.exe (Variant: 43250726)
Microsoft Windows Search Indexer
SAFErating from user Safe for file C:\Windows\System32\searchindexer.exe
SAFErating from user gomch for file C:\Windows\System32\searchindexer.exe
SAFErating from user Sena for file C:\Windows\System32\searchindexer.exe
SAFErating from user MikeOne for file C:\Windows\System32\searchindexer.exe (Variant: 2230996)
searchindexer.exe is in most cases the system service which makes indexs for fast search of local files. This process often uses much processor time and memory. Can be disabled via services (Stop Search Service). More specifically for MS Windows OS : "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. " "SearchIndexer.exe hosts the indexes and the list of URIs that require indexing, as well as exposes the external configuration and query APIs that other applications use to leverage the Windows Search features." - check more info on Wikipedia : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Search
SAFErating from user Pragal for file C:\Windows\System32\searchindexer.exe