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What is wkswp.exe? Microsoft Works Word Processor?

Vendor:      Microsoft
Product:     Microsoft
Vendor Website:      http://www.microsoft.com/products/works/
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.
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Process is goodThis process is a Microsoft or Windows process, but many viruses use this file name to escape notice.

Purpose: wkswp.exe - For better results close all programs running.

wkswp.exe is a user invoked program and a normal part of PC operations. No action required.


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wkswp.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: 0.00%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 10 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
wkswp.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0xb11dc3d321aa003e6beb770dc2911d2a 2/21/2019 11:54:00 PM Unknown 8.05.0818.0 Microsoft Works Word Processor 120 KB
2 Status 0x5c373483418d410c75bd3e53feec9070 11/10/2017 11:25:00 PM Unknown 9.07.0613.0 Microsoft Works Word Processor 677 KB
3 Status 0x846d5b732aa333afbf45569d911ee04a 11/4/2016 5:11:00 AM Unknown 7.02.0620.0 Microsoft Works Word Processor 104 KB
4 Status 0x21725d27021a41cd764bbfb4110cc918 3/7/2015 2:43:00 AM Unknown Unknown Microsoft Works Word Processor 693 KB
5 Status 0x21274da5d2ec561485a3d7039a883ef0 1/14/2015 5:11:00 AM Unknown 8.04.0623.0 Microsoft Works Word Processor 112 KB
6 Status 0xff82d5c76e086d4134293d9830c43d72 8/19/2011 3:55:00 PM Unknown 7.02.0710.1 Microsoft Works Word Processor 104 KB
7 Status 0xca5289d98e7f49ae12847363cc087b30 7/10/2010 8:09:00 PM Unknown 6.00.1828.1 Microsoft Works Word Processor 60 KB
8 Status 0xa7e47e29380f48bea46820f331557964 1/19/2010 6:06:00 AM Unknown 5.00.2002.0 Microsoft Works Word Processor 100 KB
9 Status 0x7169592945ea963a1b8fde0c3c68c473 1/17/2010 6:48:00 PM Unknown Unknown Microsoft Works Word Processor 683 KB
10 Status 0x94a44b777f0f87fb7aafeeb8b7ed2ae3 12/6/2009 10:41:00 PM Unknown Unknown Microsoft Works Word Processor 60 KB
11 Status 0x1e685be59d5946e0e65faf2e108c64a2 8/25/2009 7:56:00 PM Unknown 6.00.1911.0 Microsoft Works Word Processor 60 KB
12 Status 0x15238c53965e4103e2fe277dfe488d3e 5/2/2009 12:39:00 PM Unknown Unknown Microsoft Works Word Processor 120 KB
13 Status 0xeff128e36cc93f522830a6142d009732 3/1/2009 5:05:00 AM Unknown Unknown Microsoft Works Word Processor 120 KB
14 Status 0x0c9c7ff8aef877b319ea19e135b254c3 1/25/2009 5:59:00 PM Unknown Unknown Microsoft Works Word Processor 120 KB
15 Status 0x253992df9179ad3b3c9a01c728447dfb 4/19/2008 10:40:00 PM Unknown Unknown Microsoft Works Word Processor 112 KB


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