What is the "windowssearch.exe" ? Variant 506989

Our database contains 66 different files for filename windowssearch.exe but this page contains information about single file with specific attributes. If you want to see general information about the windowssearch.exe then visit General Information Page . You can also check most distributed file variants with name windowssearch.exe. This file belongs to product Microsoft® Windows® Operating System and was developed by company Microsoft Corporation. This file has 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
Product:
Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Description:
Windows Search System Tray
Version:
7.0.6001.16503
MD5:
b5c9f63c01fcfec3f64ec6a0940a1825
SHA1:
8fccdad65d501c932514714d29664d8af3e5b785
SHA256:
257e4dc81089f3dea1600c45ff85b387b2c7ce318a489d33815aad268842b508
Size:
123904
Directory:
%PROGRAMFILES%\Windows Desktop Search
Operating System:
Windows XP
Occurence:
High oc2

System Explorer Community Antivirus Report

This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :
Antivirus NameLatest Toleration
Avast Antivirus2016-09-03 10:11:26
Microsoft Security Essentials2016-08-28 05:13:58
AVG AntiVirus Free Edition2016-08-26 10:44:26
avast! Antivirus2016-08-25 04:35:07
Norton Internet Security2016-08-25 02:29:26
PC Tools AntiVirus 6.1.0.252016-07-21 21:16:40
Bitdefender Antivirus Free Edition2016-07-19 01:10:25
McAfee VirusScan Enterprise+AntiSpyware Enterprise2016-07-17 15:19:08
COMODO Antivirus2016-07-16 18:54:47
ESET Endpoint Antivirus 5.02016-07-16 18:11:46
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Is the Process "windowssearch.exe" Safe or Threat ?

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User Reviews of the "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.