What is outlook.exe? Is outlook.exe spyware or a virus?
How to fix outlook.exe related problems?
1. Run Security Task Manager to check your outlook process
2. Run a Windows Repair Tool to fix outlook.exe related PC problems
3. Run an Antivirus to find persistent malware
Process name: Microsoft Outlook
Product: Microsoft Office
Support: Help link Update link Uninstall tool
Company: Microsoft (microsoft.com)
File: outlook.exe
Part of the Microsoft Office suite, Outlook is a mail program that can run as a background process if configured to do so. By default it only runs when selected. Outlook can synchronize to multiple mailboxes and includes calendar features for scheduling purposes. Microsoft Office was introduced in 1988 with three programs. It has since expanded to include many more applications and Visual Basic support for each. Office is currently used by over one billion users.
If you want a detailed security rating about your outlook.exe (and all other running background processes) read the following user opinions, and download the free trial version of Security Task Manager.
Note: Any malware can be named anything - so you should check where the files of the running processes are located on your disk. If a "non-Microsoft" .exe file is located in the C:\Windows or C:\Windows\System32 folder, then there is a high risk for a virus, spyware, trojan or worm infection! Check it out!
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Users Opinions
Average user rating of outlook.exe: based on 17 votes. Read also the 9 reviews.
338 users ask for this file. 11 users rated it as not dangerous. One user rated it as not so dangerous. One user rated it as neutral. One user rated it as little bit dangerous. 3 users rated it as dangerous. 3 users didn't rate it ("don't know").
| All comments about outlook.exe: | |
|---|---|
| Microsoft's mail program See also: Link Peter | |
| It is the exchange, email, calandar and contact manager part of Microsoft Office. See also: Link Ben! | |
| Program-1/micros-2/office 10/outlook.exe Anne Krueger | |
| its part of office 2003 | |
| Potentially dangerous suite of backdoors, get thunderbird instead. Cian | |
| (Symatec Code: W32.Alcra.F) All Three of You are Incorrect. Outlook.exe, if located in C;/Program Files/outlook, is a worm, and drops a very dangerous and expansive worm along with it. The worm it drops is W32.Spybot.Worm. Visit the link for more details from symatec.com. See also: Link Jared | |
| application error | |
| if the error occurs when you are shutting down, its your .pst files. See also: Link Bryan - (answer 8) | |
| mail program part of office 2003 | |
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