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How to remove an opware32 error


The free file information forum can help you determine if opware32.exe is a virus, trojan, spyware, or adware that you can remove, or a file belonging to a Windows system or an application you can trust.

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Opware32.exe file information

The process known as OCR Aware (version (32-bit)) or Ocraware32 belongs to software OmniPage SE or OmniPage Pro or TextBridge Pro by ScanSoft (www.scansoft.com) or Caere (www.scansoft.com).

Description: The file opware32.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files" or sometimes in a subfolder of C:\ or in C:\ (usually C:\Program Files\ScanSoft\OmniPageSE\). Known file sizes on Windows 7/XP are 49,152 bytes (80% of all occurrences), 44,032 bytes, 53,248 bytes or 40,960 bytes. http://www.file.net/process/opware32.exe.html 
File opware32.exe is not a Windows core file. The application is loaded during the Windows boot process (see Registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run). The program has no visible window. It can change the behavior of other programs or manipulate other programs. You can uninstall this program in the control panel. opware32.exe is able to record inputs. Therefore the technical security rating is 62% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.
You can uninstall OmniPage SE or OmniPage Pro, update it, or get help from the software vendor. Click on www.scansoft.com to update it, click on www.scansoft.com/support for support, or click on OmniPage SE or OmniPage Pro in Windows Control Panel (Software or Programs category) to uninstall it.

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External information from Paul Collins:

  • "OmniPage" is not required to run at start up. Part of OmniPage Pro from Scansoft (was Caere) - "the fastest, easiest way to turn paper documents into digital files you can edit." Opware32.exe links Word, via OLE, with OmniPage. If running, a user can call up OmniPage from inside of Word and ask it to scan something, via "File, Acquire Page." Also some of OmniPage's Options dialog boxes are accessible from within Word. Only required by novices and is Available via Start → Programs

Important: Some malware camouflages itself as opware32.exe, particularly when located in the c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Therefore, you should check the opware32.exe process on your PC to see if it is a threat. We recommend Security Task Manager for verifying your computer's security. This was one of the Top Download Picks of The Washington Post and PC World.



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User Comments

I know it's omnipage related but it uses 5000+kb, isn't that too much for scansoftware file...
  John  
interfers with WordPerfect "Preferences" and Calendar Creator and similar wizards, crashes the WordPerfect program
  kwarnock  
Canon Scanner-software
  dirk  
Part of OmniPage. To stop it run ScanSoft OmniPage- Tools- Options- All- Direct OCR and uncheck "Enable direct OCR".
   
OmniPage SE
  Seppel  
appears typically as OPWARE32.EXE-1F9EAC07.pf in prefetch directory. I have never used Omnipage even though it is installed. Encountered bb connection swamping while it was runnin. looks like a trojan to me
  roy  
stops norton anti virus update
  eric  
installed with canon lide software
   
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Summary: Average user rating of opware32.exe: based on 37 votes with 9 reviews.
24 users think opware32.exe is essential for Windows or an installed application. 2 users think it's probably harmless. 5 users think it's neither essential nor dangerous. 2 users suspect danger. 4 users think opware32.exe is dangerous and recommend removing it. 5 users doesn't grade opware32.exe ("not sure about it").


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