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The process OCR Aware (32-bit) or Ocraware belongs to the software OmniPage Pro or OmniPage SE or opware32.exe or TextBridge Pro by Caere Corporation (www.scansoft.com) or ScanSoft, Inc (www.scansoft.com).

Description: File opware32.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files" or sometimes in C:\ (usually C:\Program Files\ScanSoft\OmniPageSE\). Known file sizes on Windows XP are 49152 bytes (80% of all occurrence), 44032 bytes, 53248 bytes, 40960 bytes.
The application is loaded during the Windows boot process (see Registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run). File opware32.exe is not a Windows core file. 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.

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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 camouflage themselves as opware32.exe, particularly if they are located in c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Thus check the opware32.exe process on your pc whether it is pest. We recommend Security Task Manager for verifying your computer's security. It is one of the Top Download Picks of 2005 of The Washington Post and PC World.

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Part of OmniPage. To stop it run ScanSoft OmniPage- Tools- Options- All- Direct OCR and uncheck "Enable direct OCR".
   
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OmniPage SE
  Seppel  
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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  
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stops norton anti virus update
  eric  
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installed with canon lide software
   
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not dangerous
   
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Document scanning software for OmniPage
  Lewis   (further information)
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Omnipage ist Installiert noch ein Residenter Speicher Fresser
  STEVE CLEMENT  
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Omnipage Pro, supplied with Canon LIDE scanner
  Jim Howes  
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part of omnipage ocr
  netchecker  
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Summary: 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. 4 users think opware32.exe is dangerous and recommend to remove it.. 3 users doesn't grade opware32.exe ("not sure about it").

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