mssvp.dll
Windows Search by Microsoft
| Version: | 7.00.6002.18005 (lh_sp2rtm.090410-1830) | 
| MD5: | d9f0d37d97862c15d1417903b8fcbf5c | 
| SHA1: | 2f351bce4528398b41b858dea07285e526f81476 | 
| SHA256: | fdb0e9536dda01328e0256e04222da6a1b12197b08a8b750e74922aeb4e41dca | 
This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.
What is mssvp.dll?
MSSearch Vista Platform for Windows Search, formerly known as Windows Desktop Search (WDS)  is an indexed desktop search platform. Windows Search builds a full-text index of files on a computer. Windows Search features incremental search search. The search service consists of several components, including the Gatherer, the Merger, the Backoff Controller, and the Query Processor, among others.
About mssvp.dll (from Microsoft)
“Windows Search provides an easy and comprehensive solution for finding and organizing the content you care about, whether it's on your PC, in an e-mail message or attachment, on a remote file share,”
 Details
Details
| File name: | mssvp.dll | 
| Publisher: | Microsoft Corporation | 
| Product name: | Windows® Search | 
| Description: | MSSearch Vista Platform | 
| Typical file path: | C:\Windows\System32\mssvp.dll | 
| Original name: | mssvp.dll.mui | 
| File version: | 7.00.6002.18005 (lh_sp2rtm.090410-1830) | 
| Product version: | 7.00.6002.18005 | 
| Size: | 778 KB (796,672 bytes) | 
| Digital DNA | 
| Entropy: | 5.899601 | 
| File packed: | No | 
| .NET CLR: | No | 
More details
 Behaviors
Behaviors
Approved shell extensions
Located in the registry at 'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Approved'
- 'Client Side Cache Namespace Extension' with CLSID {BD7A2E7B-21CB-41b2-A086-B309680C6B7E}
- 'Microsoft Windows MAPI Preview Handler' with CLSID {53BEDF0B-4E5B-4183-8DC9-B844344FA104}
- 'MAPI Search Namespace Extension' with CLSID {89D83576-6BD1-4c86-9454-BEB04E94C819}
 Distribution by Windows OS
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution | 
| Windows Vista Home Premium | 81.50% |  | 
| Windows Vista Home Basic | 9.00% |  | 
| Windows Vista Ultimate | 4.50% |  | 
| Windows Vista Business | 4.50% |  | 
| Windows 7 Professional | 0.50% |  | 
 Distribution by country
Distribution by country
United States installs about 74.00% of Windows® Search.
 Distribution by PC manufacturer
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution | 
| Dell | 36.86% |  | 
| Hewlett-Packard | 22.87% |  | 
| Toshiba | 12.29% |  | 
| ASUS | 8.19% |  | 
| Sony | 8.19% |  | 
| Acer | 4.10% |  | 
| Lenovo | 2.05% |  | 
| Gateway | 2.05% |  | 
| Intel | 2.05% |  | 
| Packard Bell | 1.02% |  | 
| GIGABYTE | 0.34% |  |