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. DaveM121 936.1K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2021-12-30T08:47:18+00:00

    Hi Aashu

    I am Dave, I will help you with this.

    Rest assured, SearchApp.exe is not malware, it is the component in Windows 10 that manages searches in Windows, like form Cortana or your Start Menu.

    That process may be in a loop, the best option is to open the Indexing utility in Windows, delete the current search Index, then select which folders you would like Windows 10 index for searches, for example there is no point in setting that to the whole C drive, because that will contain hundreds of thousands of System files, that will take a longtime to index and search.

    Please Note after deleting the old Index, it will take a bit of time to create the new index.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-01-19T18:44:46+00:00

    WHEN I LOOK AT SEARCHAPP IN TCPView, I NOTICE THE PROCESS GETS ROUTED TO VERIZON BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS. MOST RECENTLY, THE REDIRECT WAS 72.21.81.200. HOW COULD THAT NOT BE A VIRUS?

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-02-07T00:19:47+00:00

    You can block its inbound and outbound connections via windows firewall. Google it

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