How to remove winword error

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winword.exe file information

The process Microsoft Office Word or Microsoft Word or Microsoft Word for Windows or Microsoft Word for Windows® 97 application file belongs to the software Microsoft Office or Microsoft Office XP or SmartSound Quicktracks Plugin or Microsoft® Word for Windows® or Microsoft Office Professional or Microsoft Office Visio Viewer or Mjuice Components or Microsoft Office 2000 Standard or Microsoft Office 2000 Premium or Microsoft Office Standard or Microsoft Office PowerPoint or Microsoft Office Small or Microsoft Office 2003 Web or Microsoft Office 2000 SR- or Microsoft Office Project or Microsoft Office Basic or Microsoft Office Excel Viewer or Microsoft Office FrontPage or Microsoft Office XP Professional or Microsoft Office OneNote or Microsoft Office Access or winword.exe or America Online's Digital or Microsoft Office Professional 2007 (Beta) or UltraEdit-32 Uninstall or Microsoft Office 2003 Primary or PixelPops PixelMixer or 2007 Microsoft Office system or D-Link Media Server or Microsoft Office Shared Setup or Microsoft Organization Chart by Microsoft Corporation (www.microsoft.com).

Description: winword.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files" - generally C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\. Known file sizes on Windows XP are 12061896 bytes (15% of all occurrence), 12037688 bytes, 12047560 bytes, 12259088 bytes, 12053704 bytes, 12148496 bytes, 12295008 bytes, 10635976 bytes, 10623688 bytes, 12263776 bytes, 12310368 bytes, 10738448 bytes, 10577312 bytes, 8798260 bytes, 10571776 bytes, 10582344 bytes, 10745184 bytes, 8831028 bytes, 10586696 bytes, 8826932 bytes, 8810548 bytes, 10586440 bytes, 10741088 bytes, 5324560 bytes, 12037320 bytes, 8814644 bytes, 347432 bytes, 8806403 bytes, 10598984 bytes, 10709776 bytes, 12054216 bytes, 8835124 bytes, 8441907 bytes, 10603064 bytes.
It is not a Windows core file. The file has a digital Signature. The program is not visible. winword.exe is able to record inputs. Therefore the technical security rating is 34% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.

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If winword.exe is located in C:\ then the security rating is 74% dangerous. File size is 409600 bytes. There is no information about the maker of the file. The program has no visible window. winword.exe is not a Windows system file. Program uses ports to connect to LAN or Internet. winword.exe is able to record inputs, monitor applications.

Important: Some malware camouflage themselves as winword.exe, particularly if they are located in c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Thus check the winword.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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It keeps creating errors and locking my files while I am working
   

Outlook using Word2003 as a mail editor (To remove, Tools- Options~Mail Format, Uncheck Use MSO Word 2003...)
  Tyn  

Run with MS Word and Outlook, resource hog. can potentially be a virus but usually isn't.
  BeefCake  

Are you using word as your email editor, that's why it runs even tho Word was not launched.
  Hogan1  

I found this running even tho Word and Outlook weren't (haven't even got Outlook). It was using up over 50% usage and made the CPU fan run wild. I am not sure where it came from.
  Samd  

All I know that as soon as I ended this prosses my CPU usage went down so quick from 100% to 7%.
  Fernando.  

This runs with office 2003 applications. It should close when you close your office app. (even if it is in CAPS!)
  Jdp  

WINWORD.EXE in capital letters comes up when I am NOT running Outlook and is identified as a risk
   

To configure Outlook *not* to create an instance of Winword, go to Tools Options Mail Format and make sure that *both* the "Use MS Word..." checkboxes are unchecked
  Mike  

don't choose ms-word as mail editor and reader, it will stop launch winword.exe when you open outlook
  Karyana  

If you have Microsoft Outlook set to use Word as your default e-mail editor then winword.exe will run when Outlook runs. To change Outlook mail settings open Outlook and click tools/options; click the mail format tab at the top of the box that pops up; uncheck the "use Microsoft Office Word to edit e-mails" box. The process should stop running when you restart Outlook.
  dude  

It starts automatically when I log on to my computer and it always uses between 90 and 100 percent of my CPU.
  eat2thepieseye  

That is incorrect about winword.exe being in all caps and being a virus. I have an un-networked PC I just installed with a fresh copy of Office 2k3 and it has winword.exe in all caps. It is always capitalized and is even all caps in Office 2007 Beta2! Please do not spread F.U.D. if you do not know for sure.
  choekstr  

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