Avast!Warning popped up saying Suspicious File Found!
the file name was C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Source Engine\OSE.EXE
is this file important or is it okay to delete? The recommended action says ignore but i would rather have it gone if it is malware. This popped up a couple of minutes after i uninstalled an expired trial version of microsoft office prof. 2007.
Is this a false positive or should i delete it? Is this file important or not?
thank you for the help!
Send the file to virus total ( if its still there )
http://www.virustotal.com/
Then post the results
after i uninstalled ms office 2007 trial, it prompted me to reboot my computer. After i did that, i tried to search for the file but it was gone. should i be worried?
Probably not. The file is gone, it was flagged as “suspicious” rather than a definite threat, I have such a file in the place indicated also. I have no idea why it would have been flagged.
Seeing as the file was removed when you uninstalled ms office 2007 trial, it would be a false positive.
Information on … OSE.EXE … is easy enough to find with a google search.
http://g.s.scandoo.com/search?hl=en&q=OSE.EXE&btnG=Search
A few results from a ScanDoo/google search can be found at the links below :
http://www.justtext.com/processes-tasks/ose-exe.html
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/903774
http://www.what-is-exe.com/filenames/ose-exe.html
You have nothing to worry about. 
And, welcome to the forums.
thank you so much for the help everyone! i feel a lot more relieved! :]
You are welcome.
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