How to remove an w3wp error

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W3wp.exe file information

The process known as IIS Worker Process belongs to software Internet Information Services or ISS Application Pool Process or Network SSL ODBC by Microsoft (www.microsoft.com).

Description: The file w3wp.exe is located in a subfolder of C:\Windows\System32 or sometimes in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files". Known file sizes on Windows 7/XP are 7,168 bytes (80% of all occurrences), 19,968 bytes, 6,656 bytes or 20,480 bytes.
W3wp.exe is a Windows system file. The program has no visible window. W3wp.exe is a trustworthy file from Microsoft. Therefore the technical security rating is 3% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.
If you run into problems with w3wp.exe, you can completely remove Microsoft Data Access (Control Panel⇒Add/Remove programs).

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If w3wp.exe is located in the folder C:\Windows\System32, the security rating is 84% dangerous. The file size is 48,128 bytes (40% of all occurrences), 57,344 bytes or 798,208 bytes. The file is a file without information about the developer of this file. The program has no visible window. The file is located in the Windows folder, but it is not a Windows core file. W3wp.exe is not a Windows system file. Program uses ports to connect to a LAN or the Internet. w3wp.exe is able to hide itself and monitor applications.

Important: Some malware camouflages itself as w3wp.exe, particularly when located in the c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Therefore, you should check the w3wp.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

Es bueno
Alicia Luévano

This is used by IIS to launch .net application pool processes
Bryan

W3wp.exe is used to run server-side executables. Without this, server side process will not run. You should see one of these w3wp.exe instances for each appliation pool you have defined in IIS 6.0 or higher.
EdFromOhio (further information)

It's well documented as an IIS application pool file manager
none

Sometimes, if the CPU utilization goes high, for example, 70% or 80%, restart the IIS service and the WWW service. that will bring down the CPU utilization.
Vijay

Teil des IIS
wbR

Normally uneccessary unless running a IIS. A bad W3WP starts itself, can be found and disabled in taskmanager. Was found on a non-updated/non-patched XP X64 sp1 edge honeypot. 8hours ago it wasn't running, since then I have recieved 3 phonecalls from "VirtualPCDoctor.com". The first was fielded by my assistant. They hung up. The second, I handled and informed them that I run a PC maintenance firm. They hung up. The third time they phoned I informed them that the only PC that I had connected to the internet was my edge honneypot, (used to identify and collect malware). He hung up.
LLayr

w3wp.exe normally lives in the windows\system32\inetsrv directory
mickeyding (further information)

W3WP.exe - It is used to allow specific web based apps, ie TLC etc, to connect to Oracle databases via a session that oracle manages. It then allows data to be passed in both directions allowing users to view data and input data via a web client browser interface.
M Netley

It's server side spyware, trash used to spy and access
Russ

IIS-Prozess
kwadrat (further information)

to stop this exe just restart IIS server
Rizwan Khan

Summary: Average user rating of w3wp.exe: based on 17 votes with 12 reviews.

9 users think w3wp.exe is essential for Windows or an installed application. 6 users think it's probably harmless. 1 user think it's neither essential nor dangerous. 1 user think w3wp.exe is dangerous and recommend removing it. 2 users doesn't grade w3wp.exe ("not sure about it").

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