What is the "windowssearch.exe" ?

Our database contains 66 different files for filename windowssearch.exe . You can also check most distributed file variants with name windowssearch.exe. This files most often belongs to product Microsoft® Windows® Operating System. and were most often developed by company Microsoft Corporation. This files most often have description Windows Search System Tray. 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 windowssearch.exe.

windowssearch.exe Process

File details of most used file with name "windowssearch.exe"

Product:
Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Description:
Windows Search System Tray
Version:
7.0.6001.16503 (longhorn(wmbla).080526-2159)
MD5:
b5c9f63c01fcfec3f64ec6a0940a1825
SHA1:
8fccdad65d501c932514714d29664d8af3e5b785
SHA256:
257e4dc81089f3dea1600c45ff85b387b2c7ce318a489d33815aad268842b508
Size:
123904
Directory:
%PROGRAMFILES%\Windows Desktop Search
Operating System:
Windows XP
Occurence:
High oc2

Is the Process "windowssearch.exe" Safe or Threat ?

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100% of reviewed files are marked as Safe .
Latest new variant of the file with name "windowssearch.exe" was discovered 4046 days ago. Our database contains 11 variants of the file "windowssearch.exe" with final rating Safe and zero variants with final rating Threat . Final ratings are based on file reviews, discovered date, users occurence and antivirus scan results.

User Reviews of the "windowssearch.exe"

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Reviews for all files with name "windowssearch.exe"

  • SAFErating from user rflobao for file %PROGRAMFILES%\Windows Desktop Search\WindowsSearch.exe (Variant: 1438)

    windowssearch.exe is a process associated with Windows Desktop Search Tray from Microsoft. It is used by the MSN Search Toolbar. This is a non-essential process. Disabling or enabling it is down to user preference.