Process name: Microsoft Office Word or Microsoft Word or Microsoft Word for Windows or Microsoft Word for Windows® 97 application file
Product: 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
Company: Microsoft Corporation (www.microsoft.com)
File: winword.exe

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All comments about winword.exe: Jim Dawson When I bring up a particular file in Winword usage goes up to 95% John Jjohn the executable file that runs when Microsoft word runs Ben! Its Word; part of Microsoft Office.  See also: Link julien winword.exe process running although no Ms word was launch pavlas Its running when the Outlook is running johnnymachine Is running with Microsoft Outlook Stuart Running and using over 20MB of RAM but was NOT launched during session - refuses to be closed using End Process Bill It was running while trying to open word perfect 9 and caused it to lock up. I just shut it down in the task manager and resolved my issue. Rene its running when outlook is running Raoul Runs with Outlook 2003 even if you dont invoke it Michael Been on my machine, but I never had microsoft office. If it's in all caps, it's eating up your resources and is a virus. Anthony MS Word, Part of Office, launched either manually, or with MS Outlook wmartin1 ist Microsoft Outlock Rocket This is the file that MS word uses. its part of office suit  See also: Link aaron it could burn your hard disk jon Winword.exe runs with Outlook 2003 by default. Saulo Gonzaga If the MS Word is not runninig and this process appears on the table it's certainly a Trojan (Password Keeper). I Got one of these in my computer this week and removed it. aaron it is NOT a virus if its in all caps!! even if you don't have word, it runs when u run outlook. choekstr 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. eat2thepieseye It starts automatically when I log on to my computer and it always uses between 90 and 100 percent of my CPU. dude 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. Karyana don't choose ms-word as mail editor and reader, it will stop launch winword.exe when you open outlook Mike 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 WINWORD.EXE in capital letters comes up when I am NOT running Outlook and is identified as a risk Jdp This runs with office 2003 applications. It should close when you close your office app. (even if it is in CAPS!) Fernando. All I know that as soon as I ended this prosses my CPU usage went down so quick from 100% to 7%. Samd 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. Hogan1 Are you using word as your email editor, that's why it runs even tho Word was not launched. BeefCake Run with MS Word and Outlook, resource hog. can potentially be a virus but usually isn't. Tyn Outlook using Word2003 as a mail editor (To remove, Tools- Options~Mail Format, Uncheck Use MSO Word 2003...) It keeps creating errors and locking my files while I am working If you know more about winword.exe, share your knowledge and help other users. Security Rating:  --- don't know ---  1 (not dangerous)  2  3 (neutral)  4  5 (dangerous) What do you know about this file: Link for more details: Your Name:

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