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What is winword.exe? Microsoft Word?

Vendor:      Microsoft
Product:     Microsoft
Vendor Website:     
Last Seen by PC Matic:      No Data

Process is Bad PC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that there is a high likelihood that it is bad.
Process is questionablePC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that the safety of this process is questionable.
Process is goodPC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that there is a high likelihood that it is good.
Process is goodThis process is a Microsoft or Windows process, but many viruses use this file name to escape notice.

Purpose: WINWORD.EXE is MS Word. For best PC Pitstop results, close all unneeded programs before starting the tests.

winword.exe is required by third-party software or hardware and should not disabled.


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winword.exe is a Microsoft or Windows process but some versions of this exe carry viruses.
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Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.43%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 32 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
winword.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0xfbbd6acbf020c2c251ede782249311d0 10/30/2020 4:51:00 AM Unknown Unknown Microsoft Word 8592 KB
2 Status 0xbde2e4a049c44d2f722e46781f4b5151 2/6/2019 12:36:00 AM Unknown Unknown Microsoft Word 5199 KB
3 Status 0xed806295c59902d2f71850758d4530bc 1/24/2019 9:10:00 PM Unknown Unknown Microsoft Word 398 KB
4 Status 0x961919d6d48510b3358d9bfa7860261c 10/7/2018 4:36:00 AM Unknown 10.0.6612 Microsoft Word 10374 KB
5 Status 0x81df1d2312ce980b844a6bc0863fe40f 5/31/2018 9:06:00 PM Unknown Unknown Microsoft Word 399 KB
6 Status 0x5b910657a2993a209aedadf5a5f226ba 5/10/2018 9:39:00 PM Unknown Unknown Microsoft Word 5193 KB
7 Status 0xf13f5ac8b89c9ac8d02d1ef7cf9bdf0a 1/11/2018 4:10:00 PM Unknown Unknown Microsoft Word 398 KB
8 Status 0xe98fbedf3672847a5fa4a3ee7648f386 9/19/2017 12:03:00 AM Unknown Unknown Microsoft Word 5193 KB
9 Status 0xd2dc0ced7f51c2650775bbb5d9cdb849 7/6/2017 4:55:00 AM Unknown Unknown Microsoft Word 8592 KB
10 Status 0x83948520ab81e244785ffb0e13df2bbd 3/19/2017 1:16:00 AM Unknown Unknown Microsoft Word 5193 KB
11 Status 0x5f6f3a074348452a3d06a78c4dce0fd7 8/23/2016 8:53:00 PM Unknown Unknown Microsoft Word 5193 KB
12 Status 0xa1ac1d59305c6c3f8ed52d747107f7ca 10/26/2015 7:54:00 PM Unknown Unknown Microsoft Word 5199 KB
13 Status 0x812a4e3eb02a0617eb1bf1869991bce2 11/15/2014 5:55:00 PM Unknown Unknown Microsoft Word 0 KB
14 Status 0xff077a15a32e70c9054938bb63b85d4a 11/5/2014 6:08:00 PM Unknown Unknown Microsoft Word 0 KB
15 Status 0x587aaaaef6f62bb2619754b3bc9ef415 11/2/2014 6:20:00 PM Unknown Unknown Microsoft Word 0 KB
16 Status 0xa3cd7b39e972fb665d665d8b924d35be 10/30/2014 11:55:00 PM Unknown Unknown Microsoft Word 0 KB
17 Status 0x1203a8e53d4240d2ae96babe01a0bcce 10/9/2014 9:19:00 PM Unknown Unknown Microsoft Word 400 KB
18 Status 0xdce2a32bc8a0aa88e99fbbce818e3d13 9/18/2014 8:28:00 PM Unknown Unknown Microsoft Word 0 KB
19 Status 0xb54f3612c0b2bb2cf2fa24b5c54a26d8 9/18/2014 4:08:00 AM Unknown Unknown Microsoft Word 0 KB
20 Status 0x54df304e9c3cabd58196001ee2ba23e5 8/29/2014 10:16:00 AM Unknown Unknown Microsoft Word 0 KB
21 Status 0x3e790f627ff9d5fa610bd2acf66016b3 8/25/2014 2:18:00 PM Unknown Unknown Microsoft Word 0 KB
22 Status 0xc866f8c29508363a09fac5c235855d56 7/31/2014 1:57:00 PM Unknown Unknown Microsoft Word 1389 KB
23 Status 0xd57f97a27141471763967ed815458c93 6/27/2014 5:33:00 PM Unknown Unknown Microsoft Word 5199 KB
24 Status 0xde42acfaecef3b374be885e4c1849678 2/2/2014 1:30:00 PM Unknown Unknown Microsoft Word 5199 KB
25 Status 0x05ca3b806c84a6face8174fb6551724d 11/21/2013 4:50:00 AM Unknown Unknown Microsoft Word 5212 KB


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