What is war3.exe?

war3.exe is part of Warcraft III and developed by Blizzard Entertainment according to the war3.exe version information.

war3.exe's description is "Warcraft III"

war3.exe is usually located in the 'D:\%GAME\DOTA Warcraft 3\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected war3.exe.

If you have additional information about the file, please share it with the FreeFixer users by posting a comment at the bottom of this page.

Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on war3.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameWarcraft III
Company nameBlizzard Entertainment
File descriptionWarcraft III
Internal nameWarcraft III
Original filenamewar3.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2003-2009
Product versionVersion 1.24.4
File version1, 24, 4, 6387

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameWarcraft III
Company nameBlizzard Entertainment
File descriptionWarcraft III
Internal nameWarcraft III
Original filenamewar3.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2003-2009
Product versionVersion 1.24.4
File version1, 24, 4, 6387

Digital signatures [?]

war3.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

3 of the 47 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the war3.exe file. That's a 6% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
CMC Trojan.Win32.Jorik!O
NANO-Antivirus Trojan.Win32.Small.cshrcn
VBA32 Trojan.Vilsel
3 of the 47 anti-virus programs detected the war3.exe file.

war3.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove war3.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the war3.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that war3.exe has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:

  1. Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
  2. Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.
    Screenshot of Start Scan button
  3. When the scan is finished, locate war3.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the war3.exe file. Do not check any other file for removal unless you are 100% sure you want to delete it. Tip: Press CTRL-F to open up FreeFixer's search dialog to quickly locate war3.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    D:\%GAME\DOTA Warcraft 3\war3.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the war3.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If war3.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If war3.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If war3.exe still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
  8. Restart your computer.
  9. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that war3.exe no longer appear in the scan result.
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Folder name variants

war3.exe may also be located in other folders than D:\%GAME\DOTA Warcraft 3\. The most common variants are listed below:

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD554a8eebd28b7ea4482f54b6a162867ed
SHA256a336d047c49eeaa0cb7e3c4fd75b39c88c972e39d3673450e2727f099a858778

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to war3.exe:

war3.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

war3.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

Warcraft III has stopped working.

End Program - war3.exe. This program is not responding.

war3.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

war3.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

What will you do with war3.exe?

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with war3.exe. 0% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 18 users.

Votes
Keep100 %
18
Remove0 %
0

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