What is SearchApp.exe , is it a virus ??

Anonymous
2021-12-30T08:12:59+00:00

For some time I feel like my computer is running slow even though it has 8gb of ram. Then I checked my resource monitor and saw SearchApp.exe at using 44 threads and my CPU usage was already at 52%. Please help me out !!

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Anonymous
2022-02-19T06:26:42+00:00

I have 128GB RAM and suddenly I am out or RAM, and it is the SearchApp that took 122GB or RAM. Hey, MSFT, fix that bug!

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Anonymous
2022-02-19T17:16:16+00:00

This SearchApp.exe is literally making my other apps crash because of the amount of resources it is using... How about what ever the heck you all did to this... roll it back...

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-05-11T00:14:43+00:00

    Hi,

    press the keys - ctrl+ALT+DELETE

    select task manager from the menu selection

    select STARTUP from the top menu

    after all your active startup devices list displays

    select CORTANA , then select DISABLE at the bottom lft corner of the menu

    *NOTE THESE ARE THE APPLICATIONS THE STARTUP WHEN YOUR PC POWERS ON UNLESS DISABLED*

    AND from me ALMOST NO APPLICATIONS SHOULD START UP UNLESS NEEDED, EVERTHING ELSE EVENTUALLY DRAINS YOUR RAM*

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-04-24T22:30:25+00:00

    My system locked up today and needed to be power cycled because SearchApp.exe was using over 57 gigabytes of memory (on a system with 16 gigs.)

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    Edit: Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19044.1526]

    I was having the searchapp.exe bogging down my system issue like everyone else in this thread. I right clicked on the taskbar and deselected show Cortana button. When I did that it put both instances of searchapp.EXE in suspended status in the task manager and my system is working much better.

    I hope my reply helps someone else relieve their system of this madness!

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-06-27T14:42:59+00:00

    In that case, it is simply malware to many users.

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