What is word.exe?

word.exe is digitally signed by Free-mium GmbH.

word.exe is usually located in the 'c:\downloads\' folder.

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

PropertyValue
File version3.1.0.200

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

File version3.1.0.200

Digital signatures [?]

word.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameFree-mium GmbH
Certificate issuer namethawte SHA256 Code Signing CA
Certificate serial number3af8bc0c86618d48c79383622867ab5f

VirusTotal report

26 of the 56 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the word.exe file. That's a 46% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DownloadGuide.11
AegisLab Win.Troj.Downloaderguide
Antiy-AVL RiskWare[Downloader:not-a-virus,HEUR]/Win32.DownloaderGuide
Arcabit PUP.Adware.AdInstaller
AVG Generic.896
Avira PUA/DownloadGuide.MK
AVware Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
BitDefender Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DownloadGuide.11
Bkav W32.HfsAdware.59CA
Cyren W32/S-a50644a3!Eldorado
DrWeb Adware.Covus.14
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/DownloadGuide.D potentially unwanted
F-Prot W32/S-a50644a3!Eldorado
F-Secure Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
GData Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DownloadGuide.11
Ikarus PUA.DownloadGuide
Jiangmin Downloader.DownloaderGuide.a
K7AntiVirus Unwanted-Program ( 004ceeee1 )
K7GW Unwanted-Program ( 004ceeee1 )
Kaspersky not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.DownloaderGuide.j
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.DownloadGuide
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DownloadGuide.11
Qihoo-360 HEUR/QVM10.1.Malware.Gen
Rising PE:Adware.DownloadGuide!1.A1DB [F]
Symantec PUA.Downloader
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
26 of the 56 anti-virus programs detected the word.exe file.

word.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove word.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the word.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that word.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 word.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the word.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 word.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\downloads\word.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the word.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If word.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If word.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If word.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 word.exe no longer appear in the scan result.
Please select the option that best describe your thoughts on the removal instructions given above








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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD56ed2ff9c18b42ee735c177b4a0bb98a4
SHA256bdac444d69bd108fc8e464be7a752a163b3c25729c5148378704b1cdca365985

Error Messages

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

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

word.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.

word.exe has stopped working.

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

word.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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