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are the files wowexec.exe and opware16.exe a virus

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I'm runing xp home on a pIII 450mhz and like a month or so ago when the machine froze and i hit alt+ctrl+dlt i saw these files and friend said they were system files but I have never seen either before I would of deleted them but i was afraid i'd crash my system. thanks
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Re: are the files wowexec.exe and opware16.exe a virus

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no their not wowexec is windows on windows 16 bit module that will let XP or 2k ( or even 98 i belive) run 16bit programs. opware is a 16bit program and needs wow to run. now what opware is im not really sure
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Re: are the files wowexec.exe and opware16.exe a virus

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Here's a site to search for files in your RUN/Startup,you suspect to be virus/trojen/spyware .
http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php
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Re: are the files wowexec.exe and opware16.exe a virus

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The programs opware16 and opware32 appear to have been dropped into the startup files by Caere's Omnipage software. I found them running on a 98 box here and identified them by examining the startup files using msconfig
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