Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

VersionsAdditional versions

7.00.9600.17031 (winblue_gdr.140221-1952) 2.22%
7.00.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623) 2.89%
7.00.9431.0 (winmain_bluemp.130615-1214) 0.22%
7.00.9200.16579 (win8_gdr.130408-1425) 4.89%
7.00.9200.16578 (win8_gdr.130405-1703) 0.67%
7.00.9200.16433 (win8_gdr.121010-1704) 6.22%
7.00.9200.16433 (win8_gdr.121010-1704) 1.56%
7.00.9200.16420 (win8_gdr.120919-1813) 0.67%
7.00.9200.16420 (win8_gdr.120919-1813) 0.22%
7.00.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247) 0.67%
7.00.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247) 0.44%
7.00.8250.0 (winmain_win8beta.120217-1520) 0.22%
7.00.7601.17610 (win7sp1_gdr.110503-1502) 32.44%
7.00.7601.17610 (win7sp1_gdr.110503-1502) 12.00%
7.00.7600.16808 (win7_gdr.110503-1506) 2.44%
7.00.7600.16808 (win7_gdr.110503-1506) 2.00%
7.00.7600.16401 (win7_gdr.090727-1504) 0.22%
7.00.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) 16.22%
7.00.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) 5.56%
7.00.6002.18005 (lh_sp2rtm.090410-1830) 5.56%
7.00.6002.18005 (lh_sp2rtm.090410-1830) 1.11%
7.0.6001.16503 (longhorn(wmbla).080526-2159) 0.89%
6.0.6000.16386 (vista_rtm.061101-2205) 0.67%

Relationships


PE structurePE file structure

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Import table
advapi32.dll
CopySid, GetLengthSid, IsValidSid, SetSecurityDescriptorOwner, SetSecurityDescriptorGroup, GetTokenInformation, AddAce, GetAce, GetAclInformation, AddAccessAllowedAce, InitializeAcl, GetTraceEnableFlags, GetTraceEnableLevel, GetTraceLoggerHandle, RegisterTraceGuidsW, UnregisterTraceGuids, TraceEvent, AdjustTokenPrivileges, LookupPrivilegeValueW, InitializeSecurityDescriptor, SetSecurityDescriptorDacl, OpenProcessToken, OpenThreadToken, LookupAccountNameW, ImpersonateLoggedOnUser, RevertToSelf, RegCloseKey, MakeSelfRelativeSD, ConvertStringSecurityDescriptorToSecurityDescriptorW, GetSecurityDescriptorLength, RegDeleteKeyW, RegDeleteValueW, RegCreateKeyExW, RegOpenKeyExW, RegSetValueExW, RegQueryInfoKeyW, RegEnumKeyExW, GetSidSubAuthority, RegEnumValueW, RegQueryValueExW, SetSecurityDescriptorSacl, MakeAbsoluteSD, InitializeSid, GetSidLengthRequired, DeleteAce, EqualPrefixSid, LookupAccountSidW, CreateWellKnownSid, DeregisterEventSource, RegisterEventSourceW, ReportEventW, ConvertStringSecurityDescriptorToSecurityDescriptorA
kernel32.dll
FindResourceW, LoadLibraryExW, GetModuleFileNameW, ResetEvent, SetThreadPriority, CreateThread, LocalFree, GetHandleInformation, OpenEventW, GetCurrentProcessId, SetErrorMode, HeapSetInformation, lstrlenA, GetComputerNameW, SearchPathW, GetUserDefaultUILanguage, GetSystemDefaultUILanguage, GetLocaleInfoW, FindResourceExW, WaitForSingleObjectEx, ReleaseMutex, LoadLibraryW, OutputDebugStringW, CopyFileA, DeleteFileA, FlushViewOfFile, GetLocalTime, CreateFileA, FormatMessageA, FileTimeToSystemTime, SystemTimeToTzSpecificLocalTime, GetTimeFormatW, LCMapStringW, LoadResource, CompareFileTime, RemoveDirectoryW, FindFirstFileW, FindNextFileW, FindClose, SetPriorityClass, GetPriorityClass, IsValidCodePage, OpenFileMappingW, OpenSemaphoreW, CreateFileMappingW, ReleaseSemaphore, ExpandEnvironmentStringsW, SetEnvironmentVariableW, CreateFileW, DuplicateHandle, GetFileSize, GetFileTime, UnlockFile, LockFile, FlushFileBuffers, SetEndOfFile, SetFilePointer, WriteFile, ReadFile, DeleteFileW, FormatMessageW, VerifyVersionInfoW, UnhandledExceptionFilter, TerminateProcess, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, QueryPerformanceCounter, GetModuleHandleA, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, OutputDebugStringA, InterlockedCompareExchange, Sleep, GetEnvironmentVariableW, InterlockedExchange, GetVersionExA, SizeofResource, MultiByteToWideChar, GetTickCount, GlobalAlloc, GlobalFree, MapViewOfFile, UnmapViewOfFile, GlobalLock, GlobalUnlock, LoadLibraryA, GetCurrentThread, RaiseException, InitializeCriticalSection, DeleteCriticalSection, GetLastError, lstrcmpiW, CompareStringW, GetSystemDefaultLCID, lstrlenW, WideCharToMultiByte, EnterCriticalSection, LeaveCriticalSection, CloseHandle, FreeLibrary, GetProcAddress, CreateEventW, SetEvent, WaitForSingleObject, GetCurrentThreadId, GetModuleHandleW, GetVersionExW, InterlockedDecrement, InterlockedIncrement, SetLastError, GetCurrentProcess, GetProcessTimes, lstrcmpW
msshooks.dll
LoadMSSearchHooks
msvcrt.dll
DllMain
ntdll.dll
VerSetConditionMask, RtlUnwind
ole32.dll
CoInitializeEx, CoUninitialize, PropVariantClear, CoTaskMemFree, CoUnmarshalInterface, CreateStreamOnHGlobal, CoTaskMemAlloc, CreateBindCtx, CoTaskMemRealloc, CoCreateInstance, CoDisconnectObject, CoInitializeSecurity, StringFromCLSID, CLSIDFromProgID, PropVariantCopy, CLSIDFromString
propsys.dll
PSGetPropertyDescription, PSGetItemPropertyHandlerWithCreateObject
shell32.dll
SHCreateShellItem, SHParseDisplayName
shlwapi.dll
SHRegGetValueW
user32.dll
CharNextW, GetLastInputInfo, UnregisterClassA, MsgWaitForMultipleObjects, DispatchMessageW, PeekMessageW, LoadStringW

SearchProtocolHost.exe

Microsoft Windows Search Protocol Host by Microsoft

Remove SearchProtocolHost.exe
Version:   7.00.9200.16420 (win8_gdr.120919-1813)
MD5:   6e8a6456a7839f9c8351d074dca1f5d2
SHA1:   b1a0d18f07faf184047279ac3afea088b293dd7d
SHA256:   6e3c71ef226b0433bf43c6ed19bb2f7354e4995d9a3fcc8b8b79c44197e932b8
This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.

What is SearchProtocolHost.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 SearchProtocolHost.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:SearchProtocolHost.exe
Publisher:Microsoft Corporation
Product name:Microsoft Windows Search Protocol Host
Description:Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Typical file path:C:\Windows\System32\searchprotocolhost.exe
File version:7.00.9200.16420 (win8_gdr.120919-1813)
Product version:7.00.9200.16420
Size:295.5 KB (302,592 bytes)
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:Windows Console
Entropy:5.610878
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:0.04945380%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.01990997%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.02954383%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:10 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
Context switches:3/sec
284/sec
Memory
Private memory:1.52 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):5.22 MB
Private (minimum):4.94 MB
Non-paged memory:1.52 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:74.88 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):74.89 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:5.08 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):5.23 MB
37.95 MB
Resource allocations
Threads:6
12
Handles:290
600
GUI GDI count:5
103
GUI GDI peak:6
142
GUI USER count:6
49
GUI USER peak:6
71

BehaviorsProcess properties

Platform:32-bit
Command lines:
  • "C:\Windows\System32\searchprotocolhost.exe" global\usgthrfltpipemssgthrpipe_s-1-5-21-2386451196-877511972-3724077889-100141_ global\usgthrctrlfltpipemssgthrpipe_s-1-5-21-2386451196-877511972-3724077889-100141 1 -2147483646 "software\microsoft\windows search" "mozilla/4.0 (compatible; msie 6.0; windows nt; ms search 4.0 robot)" "C:\ProgramData\microsoft\search\data\temp\usgthrsvc" "downleveldaemon" "1"
  • "C:\Windows\System32\searchprotocolhost.exe" global\usgthrfltpipemssgthrpipe40_ global\usgthrctrlfltpipemssgthrpipe40 1 -2147483646 "software\microsoft\windows search" "mozilla/4.0 (compatible; msie 6.0; windows nt; ms search 4.0 robot)" "C:\ProgramData\microsoft\search\data\temp\usgthrsvc" "downleveldaemon"
  • "C:\Windows\System32\searchprotocolhost.exe" global\usgthrfltpipemssgthrpipe35_ global\usgthrctrlfltpipemssgthrpipe35 1 -2147483646 "software\microsoft\windows search" "mozilla/4.0 (compatible; msie 6.0; windows nt; ms search 4.0 robot)" "C:\ProgramData\microsoft\search\data\temp\usgthrsvc" "downleveldaemon"
Owner:User
Parent process:SearchIndexer.exe (by Microsoft)

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 Protocol 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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