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What is searchindexer.exe? SearchIndexer?

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.
Process is questionablePC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that the safety of this process is questionable.
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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: SearchIndexer.exe is the Windows Vista indexing service.

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


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searchindexer.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: 4.40%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 17 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
searchindexer.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x7778bdfa3f6f6fba0e75b9594098f737 3/23/2022 9:44:00 PM Unknown Unknown SearchIndexer 429 KB
2 Status 0x2ec497aa4b728d1b1a368acf2e309e8b 5/20/2021 9:25:00 PM Unknown 6.0.6000.16431 (vista_gdr(wmbla).070205-1422) SearchIndexer.exe 293 KB
3 Status 0xd6c23110f3f0bf8730b81d99e03691a7 9/9/2018 5:41:00 PM Unknown Unknown SearchIndexer 86 KB
4 Status 0x236f286e103fd44bd85fdd93097fd5dd 2/11/2017 7:13:00 PM Unknown Unknown SearchIndexer 417 KB
5 Status 0x622d95520182f6d3d05310d5810ca8b3 10/17/2016 12:08:00 AM Unknown Unknown SearchIndexer 418 KB
6 Status 0x90f65d224bdbce56885d35d133dc60a5 5/23/2016 8:19:00 PM Unknown Unknown SearchIndexer 0 KB
7 Status 0xaed0dff80c6b3914769407e78d7ab21a 9/13/2015 7:49:00 PM Unknown Unknown SearchIndexer 431 KB
8 Status 0xea8f6bb314053c713eac7d94eca3721a 5/5/2015 4:55:00 PM Unknown Unknown SearchIndexer 700 KB
9 Status 0x598c49072f520641e6334f6b1d8e24fc 2/9/2015 2:59:00 PM Unknown Unknown SearchIndexer 449 KB
10 Status 0x5de40982e3ae45dc00586a93637b351b 1/15/2015 12:38:00 AM Unknown 6.0.6000.16386 (vista_rtm.061101-2205) SearchIndexer.exe 281 KB
11 Status 0xcba6d7dce8d7f10c541bed38dd6a7eab 9/7/2014 8:07:00 AM Unknown 6.0.6000.16386 (vista_rtm.061101-2205) SearchIndexer.exe 281 KB
12 Status 0xc2584ce57185c3a06d2ff81ee9ef2d09 8/10/2014 3:33:00 PM Unknown Unknown SearchIndexer 431 KB
13 Status 0x01b923074a942d772740fea199a17ec7 11/15/2013 1:40:00 PM Unknown Unknown SearchIndexer 957 KB
14 Status 0x4ff0eddaa53046575a8f2a7d43bc420d 10/19/2013 9:31:00 AM Unknown Unknown SearchIndexer 969 KB
15 Status 0x6c47a1c5138c8c068075902113523f39 12/1/2012 11:07:00 PM Unknown Unknown SearchIndexer 655 KB
16 Status 0x76b9f6a13d49132b099fcae5f95ead40 11/16/2012 5:13:00 PM Unknown Unknown SearchIndexer 489 KB
17 Status 0xde57b006eae1bdb8332b11fc6494e6af 10/28/2012 12:51:00 PM Unknown Unknown SearchIndexer 655 KB
18 Status 0x0109800b64546e7554591f7c2b9a1923 10/8/2012 8:13:00 PM Unknown Unknown SearchIndexer 433 KB
19 Status 0xbd26fa75f588fe43ec659c1ae59d8eb4 9/26/2012 3:45:00 AM Unknown Unknown SearchIndexer 654 KB
20 Status 0x11ff81bd29a9118076bc435e90efe450 2/5/2012 7:59:00 PM Unknown 6.0.5361.0 (winmain(wmbla).060424-1240) SearchIndexer.exe 209 KB
21 Status 0xf1c1cd8f3c4e995a5d6dbb5b0524057d 1/24/2012 10:39:00 AM Unknown Unknown SearchIndexer 429 KB
22 Status 0xe9b7c100c0bf2aad7cc88cebd3e6ed81 1/21/2012 4:55:00 PM Unknown 6.0.5824.16387 (vista_rtm.061017-1900) SearchIndexer.exe 281 KB
23 Status 0xef68eebe88fdbe6d31f3e446c1dd9fb8 1/9/2012 10:57:00 PM Unknown 6.0.6000.16386 (vista_rtm.061101-2205) SearchIndexer.exe 295 KB
24 Status 0xe80cdfcb27645525e75ba89e9789a0f0 11/30/2011 4:45:00 PM Unknown Unknown SearchIndexer 429 KB
25 Status 0x2092779679f0771a060b50f57a0c044c 9/29/2011 5:43:00 PM Unknown Unknown SearchIndexer 435 KB


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