cisvc.exe
Content Index service by Microsoft
This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.
Overview
There are 34 versions of cisvc.exe in the wild, the latest version being 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255). It is started as a Windows Service called 'Indexdienst' with the name 'CISVC' and described as “@%systemroot%\system32\CISVC.EXE,-2”. . This is executed as a shared service (which simply means that this service can share a process with other Win32 services). The average file size is about 6.6 KB. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0009% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 2.12 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 9 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 397.33 KB per minute for reads and 184.84 KB per minute for writes.
What is cisvc.exe?
Using the Find dialog in the client applications, you can perform a full content search for a text string. This enables you to search throughout a vault for a specific text string within a known file type, as well as file properties. The Content Indexing Service must be turned on to perform full content searching in any of the clients. By default, textual content is not indexed.
 Details
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| File name: | cisvc.exe |
| Publisher: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Product name: | Content Index service |
| Description: | Microsoft® Windows® Operating System |
| Typical file path: | C:\Windows\System32\cisvc.exe |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | CISVC |
| Display name: | Indexdienst |
| Description: | “@%systemroot%\system32\CISVC.EXE,-2” |
| Type: | Win32ShareProcess |
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of cisvc.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' as a shared service by the Service Host (svchost.exe)
All file variations of cisvc.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Microsoft Windows XP |
70.00% |
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| Windows 7 Home Premium |
12.75% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
8.00% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
3.75% |
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| Windows XP Professional |
2.25% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premium |
1.50% |
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| Windows XP Home Edition |
1.25% |
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| Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition |
0.25% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition |
0.25% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 38.50% of Content Index service.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
33.33% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
10.45% |
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| ASUS |
10.17% |
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| American Megatrends |
7.63% |
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| Toshiba |
7.34% |
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| Intel |
6.78% |
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| Acer |
5.37% |
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| Compaq |
5.08% |
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| GIGABYTE |
4.52% |
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| Sahara |
3.39% |
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| Lenovo |
1.69% |
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| Gateway |
1.69% |
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| Samsung |
0.85% |
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| Alienware |
0.56% |
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| Sony |
0.56% |
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| MSI |
0.56% |
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