What is the "searchindexer.exe" ? Variant 12290307

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. 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 searchindexer.exe.

Product:: Windows® Search
Company:: Microsoft Corporation
Description:: Microsoft Windows Search Indexer
Version:: 7.0.9200.16384
MD5:: fbec4687662a30ba3c892e8eb8163bfd
SHA1:: a741ce1bccedb87c1615f5059929a6b8a8e14c6d
SHA256:: 9b9766018bbd6c79781719799e0da627cf70224995132cf9d46645c7d15d6161
Size:: 816128
Directory:: C:\Windows\System32
Operating System:: Windows 8
Occurence:: High

System Explorer Community Antivirus Report

This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :

Antivirus Name	Latest Toleration
Windows Defender	2016-09-05 15:37:17
Trend Micro Maximum Security	2016-09-05 14:28:36
Avast Antivirus	2016-09-05 14:03:45
Avira Antivirus	2016-09-04 18:09:04
avast! Antivirus	2016-09-02 17:18:25
AVG Internet Security	2016-09-02 16:29:39
Norton Internet Security	2016-08-29 19:26:05
Kaspersky Internet Security	2016-08-26 20:23:03
Kaspersky Free	2016-08-26 06:28:02
ESET NOD32 Antivirus 8.0	2016-08-25 10:04:15

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100% of reviewed files are marked as System file.

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Filename "searchindexer.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.

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SAFErating from user Admin (Variant: 12290307)
Windows 8 version of the Microsoft Windows Search Indexer.

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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