What is the "searchindexer.exe" ? Variant 6770357

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:: 7.0.8250.0
MD5:: 5851e7f5bb91e891c8900bfb538a082e
SHA1:: d6061af64672f59ebe61772f329a780f965d9f28
SHA256:: 9d37945b726f3949352b5cc69ee994284d4e156e55e6d6c859c6daf18ee6e58c
Size:: 668672
Directory:: C:\Windows\System32
Operating System:: Windows 8
Occurence:: Medium

System Explorer Community Antivirus Report

This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :

Antivirus Name	Latest Toleration
Windows Defender	2016-06-16 08:33:14
Avira Antivirus	2015-04-05 18:23:00
Bitdefender Antivirus	2014-10-11 05:35:57
AVG AntiVirus Free Edition 2014	2014-04-21 06:44:58
AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 2013	2013-01-16 23:39:41
Norton AntiVirus	2013-01-13 21:57:19
avast! Antivirus	2013-01-05 20:39:14
Norton Internet Security	2012-12-31 22:06:15
Avira Desktop	2012-12-28 16:03:58
AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 2012	2012-12-20 06:57:02

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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