Should I block it?

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

Child process
Related files

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:   7.00.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
MD5:   8a674f9ab20b4937357bf6f5a0938ebf
SHA1:   0c81247718d241d2f58e7515c3b06443256acbe9
SHA256:   0ec6d49818be7731c55cb629aef43a7794fb5abef9ff83812470fe21a6213cdd
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:7.00.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Product version:7.00.7600.16385
Size:84.5 KB (86,528 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:0.10319267%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.06817747%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.03501521%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:9,042 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
User CPU time:1 ms/min
0 ms/min
CPU cycles:1,809,989/sec
17,470,203/sec
Context switches:41/sec
284/sec
Memory
Private memory:1.62 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):4.65 MB
Private (minimum):4.26 MB
Non-paged memory:1.62 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:34.92 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):35.61 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:4.06 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):4.37 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:2,169/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:8.21 KB/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:136/sec
343/min
I/O other transfer:1.8 KB/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:129/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:5
12
Handles:110
600

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:Medium
Platform:32-bit
Command lines:
  • "C:\Windows\System32\searchfilterhost.exe" 0 504 508 516 65536 512
  • "C:\Windows\System32\searchfilterhost.exe" 0 516 520 528 65536 524
  • "C:\Windows\System32\searchfilterhost.exe" 0 512 516 524 65536 520
  • "C:\Windows\System32\searchfilterhost.exe" 0 924 928 936 65536 932
  • "C:\Windows\System32\searchfilterhost.exe" 0 540 544 552 65536 548
  • "C:\Windows\System32\searchfilterhost.exe" 0 1156 1160 1168 65536 1164
  • "C:\Windows\System32\searchfilterhost.exe" 0 500 504 512 65536 508
  • (7 more)
Owner:User
Parent process:SearchIndexer.exe (by Microsoft)

ResourcesThreads

Averages
 
ntdll.dll
Total CPU:16.23427842%
0.272967%
Kernel CPU:0.16347877%
0.107585%
User CPU:16.07079966%
0.165382%
CPU cycles:388,423,481/sec
5,741,424/sec
Context switches:220/sec
79/sec
Memory:1.23 MB
1.16 MB
SearchFilterHost.exe (main module)
Total CPU:0.03230647%
Kernel CPU:0.02368861%
User CPU:0.00861786%
CPU cycles:785,294/sec
Context switches:1/sec
Memory:96 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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