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What is searchfilterhost.exe? SearchFilterHost.exe?

Vendor:      Microsoft
Product:     Windows
Vendor Website:      http://www.microsoft.com/
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.
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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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searchfilterhost.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: 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 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x87889a983c015080fa813d7e32910d1e 12/31/2018 3:11:00 PM Unknown Unknown SearchFilterHost.exe 85 KB
2 Status 0x78b5ae488dcd24556cf976be0bba82be 6/19/2016 7:41:00 PM Unknown 6.0.6000.16386 (vista_rtm.061101-2205) SearchFilterHost.exe 74 KB
3 Status 0xa9092e71a164a3ae1acc517809afeb27 6/18/2015 8:21:00 PM Unknown 6.0.6001.18000 (longhorn_rtm.080118-1840) SearchFilterHost.exe 75 KB
4 Status 0x646ad60f49dc507693d385c4039c265a 3/29/2015 8:59:00 PM Unknown Unknown SearchFilterHost.exe 166 KB
5 Status 0x16f140c5899082ebfac36a5be50f51f9 3/19/2015 4:39:00 PM Unknown 6.0.6000.20499 (vista_ldr.061218-1510) SearchFilterHost.exe 74 KB
6 Status 0x0c933e55b869781f416b98cf142d0f13 8/30/2014 6:29:00 PM Unknown Unknown SearchFilterHost.exe 84 KB
7 Status 0xdbc4451110f93842c665cfb56b56ea92 2/19/2014 7:06:00 AM Unknown Unknown SearchFilterHost.exe 160 KB
8 Status 0x766a1e5f76b90936b9486d90ea4348f6 2/24/2013 12:58:00 AM Unknown Unknown SearchFilterHost.exe 111 KB
9 Status 0x071aab3aea54967774e587dbece7c645 2/6/2012 1:18:00 AM Unknown Unknown SearchFilterHost.exe 0 KB
10 Status 0x10b8e867395c2ae598db003931eb0122 1/8/2012 8:47:00 PM Unknown Unknown SearchFilterHost.exe 84 KB
11 Status 0x3514695573c0a5d27e022c0431db9ffa 12/31/2011 4:17:00 PM Unknown Unknown SearchFilterHost.exe 93 KB
12 Status 0xc5a8810507c641ec8b1858391bcd88d8 12/22/2011 3:16:00 PM Unknown Unknown SearchFilterHost.exe 85 KB
13 Status 0xbf8c3f2dc515d1fa8d1d023a397749fd 9/9/2011 4:57:00 AM Unknown Unknown SearchFilterHost.exe 101 KB
14 Status 0x0b57a82b223aa3cfdd264d9db8491d43 8/22/2011 7:02:00 AM Unknown 6.0.6000.16431 (vista_gdr(wmbla).070205-1422) SearchFilterHost.exe 75 KB
15 Status 0x92e3d035f35ee2c8465d83e40a528710 8/7/2011 5:28:00 PM Unknown Unknown SearchFilterHost.exe 84 KB
16 Status 0x59833110c1858fa2c7dd8ecfb27dd6bd 8/7/2011 12:51:00 AM Unknown Unknown SearchFilterHost.exe 84 KB
17 Status 0x94359d875867f03e6be2f04aad5d7b02 5/15/2011 4:24:00 PM Unknown Unknown SearchFilterHost.exe 72 KB
18 Status 0x18fd6bf00e1d4beb77963924dfc55171 5/3/2011 2:44:00 PM Unknown Unknown SearchFilterHost.exe 84 KB
19 Status 0x0858136e31be09d1f6b4368272b32671 3/26/2011 1:39:00 AM Unknown Unknown SearchFilterHost.exe 84 KB
20 Status 0xc479934dbecd35f40505b9b1b0ed5e1d 3/18/2011 8:54:00 PM Unknown Unknown SearchFilterHost.exe 85 KB
21 Status 0x770ee8ca3e37eed3c1c21fff4c73f086 3/5/2011 3:21:00 AM Unknown Unknown SearchFilterHost.exe 84 KB
22 Status 0xf7a2c7384aa5cbe9bcf619c0364d143e 11/25/2010 6:06:00 PM Unknown 6.0.5361.0 (winmain(wmbla).060424-1240) SearchFilterHost.exe 68 KB
23 Status 0x16aaf32616d4189d6d737c9da2ee3318 8/20/2010 12:21:00 AM Unknown Unknown SearchFilterHost.exe 84 KB
24 Status 0xa9931eedb7fff8a2568cab792be158d0 8/14/2010 4:35:00 PM Unknown Unknown SearchFilterHost.exe 84 KB
25 Status 0x925d1814c0d5ad098516143e62816592 8/7/2010 2:41:00 AM Unknown Unknown SearchFilterHost.exe 104 KB


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