The biggest possibility is that it is part of Downloadware, which has also
been know to cause this error message. Running Ad-aware may help if it is
not listed in add/remove in the Control Panel. This page also offers some
assistance:
http://cexx.org/cache/mc_remove.html
DW.exe is also the name of an MS utility included with IE6, or as a separate
download for IE5.5. It is used for error reporting. See this article about
what it is and how to disable the error reporting.
Description and Availability: Internet Explorer Error Reporting [Q276550]
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q276550
It is also included with OfficeXP.
On another note, it could also be symptomatic of a viral infection. This
link explains why, though it is only a remote possiblity:
http://www.viruslist.com/eng/index.html?tnews=1003&id=48534
Removal tools that we should all use.
The biggest possibility is that it is part of Downloadware, which has also
been know to cause this error message. Running Ad-aware may help if it is
not listed in add/remove in the Control Panel. This page also offers some
assistance:
http://cexx.org/cache/mc_remove.html
DW.exe is also the name of an MS utility included with IE6, or as a separate
download for IE5.5. It is used for error reporting. See this article about
what it is and how to disable the error reporting.
Description and Availability: Internet Explorer Error Reporting [Q276550]
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q276550
It is also included with OfficeXP.
On another note, it could also be symptomatic of a viral infection. This
link explains why, though it is only a remote possiblity:
http://www.viruslist.com/eng/index.html?tnews=1003&id=48534