Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
Relationships
Parent process
Related files
SearchProvider.exe
Search Provider for ViStart by Lee Chantrey
| Version: | 1.00.0040 |
| MD5: | 41fa84e7d24cdecf030053be1e590368 |
| SHA1: | da015d7051236a7a6f2c5a0be8993a9cb2c29eb0 |
| SHA256: | 5c9c95262813ce8c97373a4416d87b3df2d87965b9bdc29b8e34e0b2cb80ca93 |
Overview
searchprovider.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges typically within the context of its parent
vistart.exe (ViStart - The 7 Start Menu by Lee-Soft.com). It is installed with a couple of know programs including ViStart published by Lee-Soft.com and ViStart published by Lee-Soft.com.
Details
| File name: | searchprovider.exe |
| Publisher: | Lee Chantrey |
| Product name: | Search Provider for ViStart |
| Description: | Provides file search results for ViStart. |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\vistart\plugins\searchprovider.exe |
| File version: | 1.00.0040 |
| Size: | 32 KB (32,768 bytes) |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
“ViStart now includes a brand new Start menu Windows 7 skin + more skins like the Windows 8 start menu Metro skin in the online gallery. Times are changing and ViStart is changing with them! When reprogramming ViStart I made a crucial decision, instead of just making a new layout like Windows 7 for ViStart I decided to make even that customizable by themers too. Themers now have complete control of the start menu giving them the power to...”
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00236004% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00178834% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00057171% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 148 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 391,910/sec | |
| Context switches: | 8/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 2.41 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 9.29 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 8.27 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 2.41 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 79.34 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 81.91 MB | |
| Working set: | 9.26 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 9.31 MB | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 40 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 0 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 1.93 KB/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 2/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 4 | |
| Handles: | 195 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 21 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 25 | |
| GUI USER count: | 15 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 16 | |
Process properties
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 8 |
50.00% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
50.00% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 100.00% of Search Provider for ViStart.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Acer |
100.00% |
|