Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

VersionsAdditional versions

2011.0110.2100.060 ((SQL11_RTM).120210-1917 ) 10.00%
2011.0110.2100.060 ((SQL11_RTM).120210-1846 ) 10.00%
2009.0100.1600.01 ((KJ_RTM).100402-1540 ) 10.00%
2007.0100.1600.022 ((SQL_PreRelease).080709-1414 ) 50.00%
2007.0100.1600.022 ((SQL_PreRelease).080709-1414 ) 20.00%

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advapi32.dll
OpenProcessToken, StartServiceCtrlDispatcherW, GetTokenInformation, RegQueryValueExW, GetSecurityDescriptorLength, SetServiceStatus, ConvertStringSecurityDescriptorToSecurityDescriptorW, RegOpenKeyExW, RegisterServiceCtrlHandlerW, ConvertSidToStringSidW, RegCloseKey
kernel32.dll
ExitProcess, CreateProcessW, MoveFileExW, GetCurrentProcess, WaitNamedPipeW, WriteFile, GetFileAttributesW, ReadFile, CreateFileW, DisconnectNamedPipe, FlushFileBuffers, GetLastError, GetLocalTime, SetNamedPipeHandleState, HeapSetInformation, CloseHandle, LocalFree, CreateThread, GetModuleHandleW, GetProcAddress, lstrlenW, GetProcessHeap, HeapReAlloc, HeapFree, HeapAlloc, CompareStringW, GetEnvironmentVariableW, SetEnvironmentVariableW, IsDebuggerPresent, UnhandledExceptionFilter, TerminateProcess, LocalAlloc, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, GetCurrentProcessId, GetCurrentThreadId, GetTickCount, QueryPerformanceCounter, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, InterlockedCompareExchange, Sleep, InterlockedExchange, FreeLibrary, LoadLibraryA, RaiseException
msvcr80.dll
DllMain
shlwapi.dll
PathAddBackslashW
userenv.dll
CreateEnvironmentBlock, DestroyEnvironmentBlock

fdlauncher.exe

Microsoft SQL Server by Microsoft Corporation (Signed)

Remove fdlauncher.exe
Version:   2007.0100.1600.022 ((SQL_PreRelease).080709-1414 )
MD5:   5b0080d6830bc1e7e4592791dd40f35d
SHA1:   29a5a13cbc1153a0a31f56fad4bc920fe17e2662
SHA256:   cd58d0b417e6deb77c809a09641927088e74226c43ec430223cf5709109f4681

What is fdlauncher.exe?

SQL Server provides the functionality for applications and users to issue full-text queries against character-based data in SQL Server tables. Before full-text queries can be run on a given table, the database administrator must create a full-text index on the table. The full-text index includes one or more character-based columns in the table. These columns can have any of the following data types: char, varchar, nchar, nvarchar, text, ntext, image, xml, or varbinary(max).

About fdlauncher.exe (from Microsoft Corporation)

Each full-text index indexes one or more columns from the base table, and each column can have a specific language. Beginning in SQL Server 2008, full-text search supports more than 50 diverse languag

DetailsDetails

File name:fdlauncher.exe
Publisher:Microsoft Corporation
Product name:Microsoft SQL Server
Description:SQL Full-text Filter Daemon Launch Service
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\microsoft sql server\mssql10.mssqlserver\mssql\binn\fdlauncher.exe
File version:2007.0100.1600.022 ((SQL_PreRelease).080709-1414 )
Product version:10.0.1600.22
Size:30.52 KB (31,256 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:Microsoft Corporation
Authority (CA):Microsoft Corporation
Effective date:Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Expiration date:Sunday, February 22, 2009
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:Windows Console
Entropy:6.464208
File packed:No
Code language:Microsoft Visual C++ 8.0
.NET CLR:No
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ResourcesPrograms

The following programs will install this file
Microsoft Corporation
4% remove
The SQL Server Native Client contains the SQL Server ODBC driver and the SQL Server OLE DB provider in one native dynamic link library (DLL) supporting applications using native-code APIs (ODBC, OLE DB and ADO) to Microsoft SQL Server.

BehaviorsBehaviors

Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
  • MSSQLFDLauncher
  • 'MSSQLFDLauncher' (SQL Full-text Filter Daemon Launcher (MSSQLSERVER))

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.00000174%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00000174%
0.013761%
Kernel CPU time:52 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:121/sec
17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:817.33 KB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):2.42 MB
Private (minimum):2.42 MB
Non-paged memory:817.33 KB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:25.49 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):25.91 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:2.42 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):3.03 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:1,340/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:0 Bytes/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:1/sec
343/min
I/O write transfer:0 Bytes/sec
274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:1/sec
227/min
I/O other transfer:0 Bytes/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:1/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:2
12
Handles:62
600

BehaviorsProcess properties

Platform:32-bit
Command line:"C:\Program Files\microsoft sql server\mssql10.mssqlserver\mssql\binn\fdlauncher.exe" -s mssql10.mssqlserver
Owner:LOCAL SERVICE
Windows Service
Service name:SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSSQLFDLauncher
Display name:MSSQLFDLauncher
Parent process:services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft)

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Ultimate 30.00%
Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition 20.00%
Windows 7 Professional 10.00%
Windows 7 Home Premium 10.00%
Windows 8 Enterprise 10.00%
Microsoft Windows XP 10.00%
Windows Server 2008 Standard 10.00%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

India installs about 25.00% of Microsoft SQL Server.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Dell 57.14%
Intel 28.57%
Acer 14.29%
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