re: wow.exe in process list command prompt on startup
Saturday, May 19, 2007 at 2:38 pm
Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Jim O'Calaghan
(264 messages posted)
Hi, if it's only showing up now, then it's likely to be pretty useless. Download
'Hijack This' and take it out that way, but be very careful using it. I had a look
for wow.exe in admin tools but it isn't there. Perhaps one of the guy's can tell
you more about it, just before using Hijack. Sorry can't be more help. Good luck.
Jim
On Saturday, May 19, 2007 at 10:53 am, BloodStorm wrote:
>I am writing on behalf of my roommate who runs a machine with Windows 2000 on it.
>A few days ago he noticed a command prompt window flash when he started windows
as
>it was loading then he found in taskmanager's process window a wow.exe entry that
>he had not noticed before. A further search revealed wow.exe was in his system32
>folder and also in his dllcache subfolder under that. His computer has been sluggish
>for a long time and he's never been able to find a cause, long time on boot up etc.
>It is a secondhand machine that was used in a business before he got it so he is
>not sure of all the previous software it may have had installed. Searches on google
>are frustrating as some warn it may be part of a malicious spyware while other sources
>say wow.exe is something inherent to windows for running 16 bit programs. Since
he
>does things like online banking and bill paying he is concerned about his security
>and would like to know if this is something that is a threat. Any help would be
appreciated.
>
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