What is searchindexer.exe?
searchindexer.exe is a legitimate file. This process is known as Microsoft Windows Search Indexer and belongs to Microsoft Windows Operating System. It is developed by Microsoft Corporation. It is commonly stored in C:\Windows\System32. The malware programmers or cyber criminals write different types of malicious programs and name it as searchindexer.exe to damage the software and hardware.
Affected Platform: Windows OS
How to check if your computer is infected with searchindexer.exe malware?
The type of malware programs varies and the mode of infection also varies. Any of the following can alert you if the system is infected.
- If the internet connection fluctuation is high
- If the searchindexer.exe file is taking more of your CPU memory
- If the system freezes quiet often
- If the system performance is very low
- If it invites the other malware to infect and damage the system and exploits the same to collect the user private informaton
- If the system is redirected to some strange websites
- If the system is getting some annoying popup ads
To confirm that go to task manager by pressing the combination of keys ctrl+alt+del and go to the process tab and right click on the searchindexer.exe and open the location, if the location is sub folder C:\Windows\System32 then the system is not affected by searchindexer.exe, if the location is somewhere else then the system is affected by searchindexer.exe malware.
How to remove the searchindexer.exe file from system using Comodo Antivirus?
Step 1: Download the award-winning Free Internet Security.
Step 2: Installation configuration frames will be displayed. Select the configuration you would like to apply.
Step 3: Select Customize Configuration option and arrange installers, configuration, and file location.
Step 4: Restart your PC.
Step 5: It will take some time for the Comodo Internet Security to update the antivirus.
Step 6: Proceed with a quick scan that automatically begins after the update.
Step 7: If threats are found during the scanning, you will be prompted with an alert screen.
Step 8: Comodo Antivirus will remove the searchindexer.exe virus from your computer including all other malwares!
First Seen: 26 November 2011 at 3:26 pm
No. | Company | File Type | SHA1 | MD5 | Malware Name |
Digitally Signed |
File Version |
Product Version |
Submitted From |
Malware Behavior |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | N/A | Executable | 5fa6eaaf77f3a5dc 7686a1e1acdcfc07 17765967 |
e7563d11ba95798c 592a2d5ba015f64b |
Win32.Neshta .A |
No | N/A | N/A | ![]() |
N/A |
2 | Microsoft Corporation | Executable | 79ade045b619f4ac b1a9616321269099 16ee799c |
a3aabefb170e390b ab22bfe88b124fcb |
Virus.Win32. Virut.CE |
No | 7.00.7600. 16385 (win7_rtm. 090713-125 5) |
7.00.7600. 16385 |
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N/A |
3 | Microsoft Corporation | Executable | 23149e819ce53cda d886e9799fdd8a8a 3533dd8b |
7c073f0e9be34a4a 77fa94a52675eed4 |
Virus.Win32. Virut.CE |
No | 7.00.7600. 16385 (win7_rtm. 090713-125 5) |
7.00.7600. 16385 |
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N/A |
4 | Microsoft Corporation | Executable | 30ca6dec0872c7ab dd03d7e97a8209cb 4ab310cc |
2b0e185f49157591 bbe53acbed946f90 |
Virus.Win32. Expiro.naf |
No | 7.00.7600. 16385 (win7_rtm. 090713-125 5) |
7.00.7600. 16385 |
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N/A |
First Seen: 29 November 2008 at 3:28 pm
No. | Company | File Type | SHA1 | MD5 | Digitally Signed |
File Version |
Product Version |
Submitted From |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | N/A | Non-executable | 22b46d7c7a031a96 9db19b5f87d1f96b fc0a7236 |
d729e95499fdf2a7 054b99bef93a6e7a |
No | N/A | N/A | ![]() |
2 | Microsoft Corporation | Executable | 8fa0aef3b501e5cc 4770a94499380770 f681cf16 |
ff361d00203c65ac f6d2d231a6ab28bf |
No | 7.0.19041. 1 (WinBuild. 160101.080 0) |
7.0.19041. 1 |
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3 | Microsoft Corporation | Executable | 78f8f5c371158625 94e36a16210456dc b374c34a |
83a04bd64b73a701 5bc53199289903a6 |
No | 7.0.14393. 0 (rs1_relea se.160715- 1616) |
7.0.14393. 0 |
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4 | Microsoft Corporation | Executable | 65811360b79fa7f3 5c44e06f64e8606c 8195b8b7 |
9791ca971ed4fce8 c904e74bf91b7f2a |
No | 7.0.19041. 3155 (WinBuild. 160101.080 0) |
7.0.19041. 3155 |
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