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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%

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SearchFilterHost.exe

Microsoft Windows Search Filter Host by Microsoft

Remove SearchFilterHost.exe
Version:   7.00.7601.17610 (win7sp1_gdr.110503-1502)
MD5:   49a3ad5ce578cd77f445f3d244aeab2d
SHA1:   a136dcf156975d8b60b438f19977a3052f9752d0
SHA256:   1d200547c6277c4a878a9add94045f7accc583609985c592aae9b9b9ca7b812a
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:7.00.7601.17610 (win7sp1_gdr.110503-1502)
Product version:7.00.7601.17610
Size:111 KB (113,664 bytes)
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:0.06222770%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.03786111%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.02436659%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:2,278 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:25,622/sec
17,470,203/sec
Context switches:35/sec
284/sec
Memory
Private memory:3.51 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):6.71 MB
Private (minimum):6.26 MB
Non-paged memory:3.51 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:43.02 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):44.29 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:6.32 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):7.89 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:3,610/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:294 Bytes/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:2/sec
343/min
I/O write transfer:278 Bytes/sec
274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:1/sec
227/min
I/O other transfer:119 Bytes/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:8/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:5
12
Handles:123
600

BehaviorsProcess properties

Platform:64-bit
Command lines:
  • "C:\Windows\System32\searchfilterhost.exe" 0 516 520 528 65536 524
  • "C:\Windows\System32\searchfilterhost.exe" 0 520 524 532 65536 528
  • "C:\Windows\System32\searchfilterhost.exe" 0 512 516 524 65536 520
  • "C:\Windows\System32\searchfilterhost.exe" 0 508 512 520 65536 516
  • "C:\Windows\System32\searchfilterhost.exe" 0 524 528 536 65536 532
  • "C:\Windows\System32\searchfilterhost.exe" 0 528 532 540 65536 536
  • "C:\Windows\System32\searchfilterhost.exe" 0 536 540 548 65536 544
  • (16 more)
Owner:SYSTEM
Parent process:SearchIndexer.exe (by Microsoft)

ResourcesThreads

Averages
 
ntdll.dll
Total CPU:0.04666703%
0.272967%
Kernel CPU:0.02508498%
0.107585%
User CPU:0.02158206%
0.165382%
CPU cycles:1,443,841/sec
5,741,424/sec
Context switches:14/sec
79/sec
Memory:1.66 MB
1.16 MB
SearchFilterHost.exe (main module)
Total CPU:0.02171170%
Kernel CPU:0.01425533%
User CPU:0.00745638%
CPU cycles:584,890/sec
Context switches:2/sec
Memory:128 KB
sechost.dll (Host for SCM/SDDL/LSA Lookup APIs by Microsoft)
Total CPU:0.00013756%
Kernel CPU:0.00006878%
User CPU:0.00006878%
CPU cycles:3,156/sec
Memory:124 KB
msiltcfg.dll
Total CPU:0.00002699%
Kernel CPU:0.00000000%
User CPU:0.00002699%
CPU cycles:5/sec
Memory:36 KB

Common loaded modules

These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.

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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