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What is cidaemon.exe? Indexing Service?

Vendor:      Microsoft
Product:     Windows
Vendor Website:     
Last Seen by PC Matic:      No Data

Process is Bad PC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that there is a high likelihood that it is bad.
Process is questionablePC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that the safety of this process is questionable.
Process is goodPC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that there is a high likelihood that it is good.
Process is goodThis process is a Microsoft or Windows process, but many viruses use this file name to escape notice.

Purpose: cidaemon.exe is part of the process used by the Indexing Service to generate an index for one drive. If this process is running you should also see an entry for cisvc.exe, see that entry for more information about the Indexing Service.

cidaemon.exe is a user invoked program and a normal part of PC operations. No action required.


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cidaemon.exe is a Microsoft or Windows process but some versions of this exe carry viruses.
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Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.80%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 0 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
cidaemon.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x582304f6f1946fa5068cf143d729d7ed 9/7/2018 4:08:00 AM Unknown 5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148) Indexing Service 8 KB
2 Status 0x6617d825e521a01b5098c461f6ed6108 5/27/2017 3:36:00 AM Unknown 5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148) Indexing Service 8 KB
3 Status 0x72999aa48322da948ce50c08b414a0ec 2/25/2016 8:57:00 PM Unknown 5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148) Indexing Service 8 KB
4 Status 0xbe671428f1d15c6cb28b0cb50b9d3a6a 12/2/2014 2:25:00 AM Unknown 5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148) Indexing Service 8 KB
5 Status 0xb3802052510490d6f3a58f84e3c06996 11/12/2014 9:11:00 PM Unknown 5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148) Indexing Service 8 KB
6 Status 0xbdfe07f201c73ccb9263990361f29b41 3/4/2013 5:35:00 PM Unknown Unknown Indexing Service 200 KB
7 Status 0x1cf0b16dbcaa4246dce6d7565c267537 2/6/2012 3:39:00 AM Unknown 5.00.2134.1 Indexing Service 9 KB
8 Status 0x645b7c5803aafda82d939135cb9c1b43 2/2/2012 1:20:00 PM Unknown 5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148) Indexing Service 8 KB
9 Status 0xf0f3556e5dc89b9dac1435075c1ffd89 1/21/2012 11:43:00 PM Unknown 5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148) Indexing Service 8 KB
10 Status 0x3d53923ad4cfbf4bf9f4c2e20b6bcd77 1/20/2012 5:06:00 PM Unknown 5.2.3790.3959 (srv03_sp2_rtm.070216-1710) Indexing Service 9 KB
11 Status 0xc51532501e042bc1948ae3735c04c919 9/14/2011 3:29:00 PM Unknown 5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148) Indexing Service 8 KB
12 Status 0xd9632e3d7af4b30eac61d4586b25ac54 9/11/2011 1:42:00 PM Unknown 5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148) Indexing Service 8 KB
13 Status 0x5592a7f0e3e0823e41ecafb8a4659280 8/19/2011 6:14:00 PM Unknown 5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148) Indexing Service 8 KB
14 Status 0xc7de1aef4c9d402a32a3a60076e7ae58 8/19/2011 5:14:00 AM Unknown 5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148) Indexing Service 8 KB
15 Status 0x3ad6f62221bc73e078a3d09184d4c959 4/17/2011 5:38:00 AM Unknown Unknown Indexing Service 116 KB
16 Status 0xff0f58dac70df0dd73ecf0e6697da1de 4/8/2011 4:17:00 AM Unknown Unknown Indexing Service 8 KB
17 Status 0xa252c6ea547a40876935967af05240c4 2/19/2011 3:37:00 PM Unknown Unknown Indexing Service 9 KB
18 Status 0xf8a6384502cf297545e6e53c080228f9 2/4/2011 8:55:00 PM Unknown 5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148) Indexing Service 8 KB
19 Status 0xd86900f33e4cda93fa15c23d443ad63e 1/14/2011 6:30:00 PM Unknown 5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148) Indexing Service 8 KB
20 Status 0xa8a9a9b890ee5d4ebcee91201a809aeb 12/25/2010 6:03:00 PM Unknown 5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148) Indexing Service 8 KB
21 Status 0x2fef5e977c0f91d5828b4b15f7fb2177 10/31/2010 8:06:00 PM Unknown Unknown Indexing Service 15 KB
22 Status 0x46b81ddb297938024cf18821925893d1 10/8/2010 11:02:00 AM Unknown Unknown Indexing Service 15 KB
23 Status 0xe268d2ac066f9961aef13c5d98892d6e 10/3/2010 12:39:00 PM Unknown Unknown Indexing Service 15 KB
24 Status 0x4d82d42520df7e7bb553370cde9a92b2 10/2/2010 12:39:00 PM Unknown 5.00.2134.1 Indexing Service 9 KB
25 Status 0x664bfd66fc3ed2f01bddcf09b65827a2 9/23/2010 7:18:00 AM Unknown 5.00.2134.1 Indexing Service 9 KB


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