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No, this file is 100% safe to run.

VersionsAdditional versions

7.00.9600.17031 (winblue_gdr.140221-1952) 2.26%
7.00.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623) 2.51%
7.00.9431.0 (winmain_bluemp.130615-1214) 0.25%
7.00.9200.16579 (win8_gdr.130408-1425) 5.78%
7.00.9200.16578 (win8_gdr.130405-1703) 0.50%
7.00.9200.16433 (win8_gdr.121010-1704) 6.78%
7.00.9200.16433 (win8_gdr.121010-1704) 0.75%
7.00.9200.16420 (win8_gdr.120919-1813) 0.50%
7.00.9200.16420 (win8_gdr.120919-1813) 0.25%
7.00.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247) 0.75%
7.00.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247) 0.50%
7.00.8250.0 (winmain_win8beta.120217-1520) 0.25%
7.00.7601.17610 (win7sp1_gdr.110503-1502) 35.18%
7.00.7601.17610 (win7sp1_gdr.110503-1502) 11.31%
7.00.7600.16808 (win7_gdr.110503-1506) 2.51%
7.00.7600.16808 (win7_gdr.110503-1506) 1.76%
7.00.7600.16401 (win7_gdr.090727-1504) 0.25%
7.00.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) 13.32%
7.00.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) 5.78%
7.00.6002.18005 (lh_sp2rtm.090410-1830) 5.53%
7.00.6002.18005 (lh_sp2rtm.090410-1830) 1.51%
7.0.6001.16503 (longhorn(wmbla).080526-2159) 1.01%
6.0.6000.16386 (vista_rtm.061101-2205) 0.75%

Relationships

PE structurePE file structure
Show functions
Import table
advapi32.dll
CopySid, GetLengthSid, IsValidSid, SetSecurityDescriptorOwner, SetSecurityDescriptorGroup, GetTokenInformation, AddAce, GetAce, GetAclInformation, AddAccessAllowedAce, InitializeAcl, GetTraceEnableFlags, GetTraceEnableLevel, GetTraceLoggerHandle, RegisterTraceGuidsW, UnregisterTraceGuids, TraceEvent, InitializeSecurityDescriptor, SetSecurityDescriptorDacl, OpenProcessToken, OpenThreadToken, LookupAccountNameW, RegDeleteKeyW, RegDeleteValueW, RegCloseKey, RegCreateKeyExW, RegOpenKeyExW, RegSetValueExW, RegQueryInfoKeyW, RegEnumKeyExW, RegEnumValueW, DeregisterEventSource, RegisterEventSourceW, ReportEventW, ImpersonateLoggedOnUser, GetSecurityDescriptorLength, RevertToSelf, LookupAccountSidW, CreateWellKnownSid, ConvertStringSecurityDescriptorToSecurityDescriptorA, RegQueryValueExW
kernel32.dll
GetUserDefaultUILanguage, GetSystemDefaultUILanguage, GetLocaleInfoW, CreateFileW, CreateFileMappingW, FindResourceExW, WaitForSingleObject, ReleaseMutex, OutputDebugStringW, DeleteFileA, FlushViewOfFile, GetLocalTime, CreateFileA, FormatMessageW, FileTimeToSystemTime, SystemTimeToTzSpecificLocalTime, GetTimeFormatW, LocalFree, SetPriorityClass, GetPriorityClass, SetLastError, ExpandEnvironmentStringsW, UnhandledExceptionFilter, TerminateProcess, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, GetCurrentThreadId, GetTickCount, QueryPerformanceCounter, GetModuleHandleA, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, OutputDebugStringA, InterlockedCompareExchange, Sleep, lstrlenA, InterlockedExchange, GetVersionExA, HeapSetInformation, GetCurrentProcessId, SetErrorMode, GetHandleInformation, GlobalAlloc, GlobalFree, MapViewOfFile, GlobalLock, GlobalUnlock, UnmapViewOfFile, SetEvent, WaitForMultipleObjects, GetModuleFileNameW, SearchPathW, LoadLibraryExW, FindResourceW, LoadResource, SizeofResource, VerifyVersionInfoW, MultiByteToWideChar, FreeLibrary, lstrcmpiW, LeaveCriticalSection, EnterCriticalSection, lstrlenW, InterlockedDecrement, GetCurrentThread, CloseHandle, GetCurrentProcess, GetProcessTimes, InterlockedIncrement, GetVersionExW, GetModuleHandleW, GetProcAddress, WideCharToMultiByte, GetLastError, DeleteCriticalSection, InitializeCriticalSection, RaiseException, CopyFileA
msshooks.dll
LoadMSSearchHooks
msvcrt.dll
DllMain
ntdll.dll
RtlUnwind, VerSetConditionMask
ole32.dll
CoCreateInstance, CoInitializeEx, CoInitializeSecurity, CoGetMarshalSizeMax, CreateStreamOnHGlobal, CoMarshalInterface, CoUninitialize, CoTaskMemRealloc, CoTaskMemAlloc, StringFromCLSID, CoTaskMemFree, CoReleaseMarshalData
shlwapi.dll
SHRegGetValueW
user32.dll
UnregisterClassA, LoadStringW, CharNextW

SearchFilterHost.exe

Microsoft Windows Search Filter Host by Microsoft

Remove SearchFilterHost.exe
Version:   7.00.9200.16579 (win8_gdr.130408-1425)
MD5:   3ea778fe9d9b56e67c0783a63c4b142e
SHA1:   729995169de96099262ea2f6c5e23be9d34dfef9
SHA256:   a598e8143a29390b70016d16a8aa013549b4b79e7169d919bfb5365433853202
This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.

What is SearchFilterHost.exe?

Windows Search for the desktop and the enterprise delivers fast search capabilities for files, e-mail, documents, and more, provides performance enhancements and support for enterprise-critical features, and is easy to manage and extend with customized functionality.

About SearchFilterHost.exe (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,”

DetailsDetails

File name:SearchFilterHost.exe
Publisher:Microsoft Corporation
Product name:Microsoft Windows Search Filter Host
Description:Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Typical file path:C:\Windows\System32\searchfilterhost.exe
File version:7.00.9200.16579 (win8_gdr.130408-1425)
Product version:7.00.9200.16579
Size:192.5 KB (197,120 bytes)
Build date:4/8/2013 8:15 PM
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:Windows Console
Entropy:6.065404
File packed:No
Code language:Microsoft Visual C++
.NET CLR:No
More details

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.01099345%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00811781%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00287564%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:7,235 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:470,093/sec
17,470,203/sec
Context switches:8/sec
284/sec
Memory
Private memory:1.47 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):4.73 MB
Private (minimum):4.58 MB
Non-paged memory:1.47 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:36.4 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):64.11 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:5.26 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):5.37 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:1,415/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:2.87 KB/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:148/sec
343/min
I/O other transfer:2.24 KB/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:213/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:5
12
Handles:105
600

BehaviorsProcess properties

Platform:64-bit
Command lines:
  • "C:\Windows\System32\searchfilterhost.exe" 0 568 572 580 65536 576
  • "C:\Windows\System32\searchfilterhost.exe" 0 556 560 568 65536 564
  • "C:\Windows\System32\searchfilterhost.exe" 0 560 564 572 65536 568
  • "C:\Windows\System32\searchfilterhost.exe" 0 572 576 584 65536 580
  • "C:\Windows\System32\searchfilterhost.exe" 0 552 556 564 65536 560
  • "C:\Windows\System32\searchfilterhost.exe" 0 564 568 576 65536 572
  • "C:\Windows\System32\searchfilterhost.exe" 0 540 560 568 65536 564
  • (12 more)
Owner:SYSTEM
Parent process:SearchIndexer.exe (by Microsoft)

ResourcesThreads

Averages
 
ntdll.dll
Total CPU:0.02758086%
0.272967%
Kernel CPU:0.01379070%
0.107585%
User CPU:0.01379016%
0.165382%
CPU cycles:185,260/sec
5,741,424/sec
Context switches:1/sec
79/sec
Memory:1.75 MB
1.16 MB
SearchFilterHost.exe (main module)
Total CPU:0.01473631%
Kernel CPU:0.01473631%
User CPU:0.00000000%
CPU cycles:125,271/sec
Memory:208 KB

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Microsoft Windows XP 57.14%
Windows Vista Home Premium 28.57%
Windows Vista Ultimate 14.29%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 50.00% of Microsoft Windows Search Filter Host.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
ASUS 28.57%
Intel 28.57%
Dell 28.57%
Hewlett-Packard 14.29%
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