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What is searchfilterhost.exe? SearchFilterHost.exe

Vendor:      Microsoft
Product:     Windows
Vendor Website:      http://www.microsoft.com/
Last Seen by PC Pitstop:      No Data

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Process is goodThis process is a Microsoft or Windows process, but many viruses use this file name to escape notice.

Purpose: SearchFilterHost.exe is Part of Windows desktop search.

searchfilterhost.exe is required by third-party software or hardware and should not disabled.

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Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 2.57%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 4 MB

Program Name MD5 Count
searchfilterhost.exe

MD5 Hashes
# Status MD5 File Info Last Seen Signed Day Week Month Threat info
1 Status 0x87889a983c015080fa813d7e32910d1e More File Information 6/15/2013 Unsigned 68442 546479 2264333 Not Applicable
2 Status 0x78b5ae488dcd24556cf976be0bba82be More File Information 6/15/2013 Unsigned 28914 196246 762236 Not Applicable
3 Status 0xc9ee7ff225eac1cb9c78c413667cdb80 More File Information 6/15/2013 Unsigned 697330 4919824 20560581 Not Applicable
4 Status 0xa6cd6b3f71e13e2e45b727fb8a47ea87 More File Information 6/15/2013 Unsigned 445367 3479217 14032674 Not Applicable
5 Status 0x7ffe38a9bce22aed21a0cea1e6ead1b5 More File Information 6/15/2013 Unsigned 13595 101740 452349 Not Applicable
6 Status 0x2383c786eb4aa69ebc5e01f7844075da More File Information 6/15/2013 Unsigned 1226 2622 7670 Not Applicable
7 Status 0xbabf4510d3df9ba10ed48b39e96d3623 More File Information 6/15/2013 Unsigned 2417 18843 215123 Not Applicable
MD5 Hashes
# Status MD5 Last Seen File Date Revision Common Name Size
1 Status 0x766a1e5f76b90936b9486d90ea4348f6 2/24/2013 12:58:00 AM Unknown Unknown SearchFilterHost.exe 111 KB
2 Status 0x8ca8fbd19dc7ed853a8b10805af780fa 10/9/2012 6:32:00 PM Unknown Unknown SearchFilterHost.exe 166 KB
3 Status 0x2383c786eb4aa69ebc5e01f7844075da 8/5/2012 10:44:00 PM Unknown Unknown SearchFilterHost.exe 166 KB
4 Status 0x646ad60f49dc507693d385c4039c265a 2/29/2012 6:14:00 PM Unknown Unknown SearchFilterHost.exe 166 KB
5 Status 0x7ffe38a9bce22aed21a0cea1e6ead1b5 2/8/2012 4:25:00 AM Unknown Unknown SearchFilterHost.exe 0 KB
6 Status 0x8a674f9ab20b4937357bf6f5a0938ebf 2/8/2012 4:20:00 AM Unknown Unknown SearchFilterHost.exe 84 KB
7 Status 0xa6cd6b3f71e13e2e45b727fb8a47ea87 2/8/2012 3:23:00 AM Unknown Unknown SearchFilterHost.exe 0 KB
8 Status 0xc9ee7ff225eac1cb9c78c413667cdb80 2/8/2012 2:28:00 AM Unknown Unknown SearchFilterHost.exe 85 KB
9 Status 0x78b5ae488dcd24556cf976be0bba82be 2/8/2012 2:21:00 AM Unknown 6.0.6000.16386 (vista_rtm.061101-2205) SearchFilterHost.exe 74 KB
10 Status 0x87889a983c015080fa813d7e32910d1e 2/7/2012 5:54:00 PM Unknown Unknown SearchFilterHost.exe 85 KB
11 Status 0x071aab3aea54967774e587dbece7c645 2/6/2012 1:18:00 AM Unknown Unknown SearchFilterHost.exe 0 KB
12 Status 0x16f140c5899082ebfac36a5be50f51f9 1/28/2012 10:31:00 PM Unknown 6.0.6000.20499 (vista_ldr.061218-1510) SearchFilterHost.exe 74 KB
13 Status 0xa9092e71a164a3ae1acc517809afeb27 1/26/2012 4:13:00 PM Unknown 6.0.6001.18000 (longhorn_rtm.080118-1840) SearchFilterHost.exe 75 KB
14 Status 0x90adc9f4016687b9acbf4195a589b74d 1/23/2012 9:38:00 AM Unknown Unknown SearchFilterHost.exe 84 KB
15 Status 0x10b8e867395c2ae598db003931eb0122 1/8/2012 8:47:00 PM Unknown Unknown SearchFilterHost.exe 84 KB
16 Status 0x3514695573c0a5d27e022c0431db9ffa 12/31/2011 4:17:00 PM Unknown Unknown SearchFilterHost.exe 93 KB
17 Status 0xc5a8810507c641ec8b1858391bcd88d8 12/22/2011 3:16:00 PM Unknown Unknown SearchFilterHost.exe 85 KB
18 Status 0xbf8c3f2dc515d1fa8d1d023a397749fd 9/9/2011 4:57:00 AM Unknown Unknown SearchFilterHost.exe 101 KB
19 Status 0x0b57a82b223aa3cfdd264d9db8491d43 8/22/2011 7:02:00 AM Unknown 6.0.6000.16431 (vista_gdr(wmbla).070205-1422) SearchFilterHost.exe 75 KB
20 Status 0x92e3d035f35ee2c8465d83e40a528710 8/7/2011 5:28:00 PM Unknown Unknown SearchFilterHost.exe 84 KB
21 Status 0x59833110c1858fa2c7dd8ecfb27dd6bd 8/7/2011 12:51:00 AM Unknown Unknown SearchFilterHost.exe 84 KB
22 Status 0x0c933e55b869781f416b98cf142d0f13 7/17/2011 12:38:00 AM Unknown Unknown SearchFilterHost.exe 84 KB
23 Status 0x94359d875867f03e6be2f04aad5d7b02 5/15/2011 4:24:00 PM Unknown Unknown SearchFilterHost.exe 72 KB
24 Status 0x18fd6bf00e1d4beb77963924dfc55171 5/3/2011 2:44:00 PM Unknown Unknown SearchFilterHost.exe 84 KB
25 Status 0x0858136e31be09d1f6b4368272b32671 3/26/2011 1:39:00 AM Unknown Unknown SearchFilterHost.exe 84 KB



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