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What is windows\syswow64\wermgr.exe and why is it trying to connect to the internet?

Asked by augustlan (47745points) October 6th, 2009

My father-in-law’s computer gave us a message: “windows\syswow64\wermgr.exe is trying to connect to the internet. Allow?” Is this a legitimate thing or a trojan? If this is a problem, how do we solve it?

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It’s trying to send data to Microsoft about program crashes. It’s not malicious.

Check this link out: explanation of wermgr.exe

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augustlan's avatar

Thanks, guys. Next question… does he have to allow it to connect, or can he block access so it doesn’t show that message?

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FutureMemory's avatar

He can absolutely block it.

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