What is '\Program Files\XEROX\NWWIA', and how do I get rid of it?

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Is it dangerous if I leave it?

Quoting the article you just commented on "For what it's worth, it benign. It's on lots of systems, including my own."

That means no, it's not dangerous.

Well Xerox is actually an update or some sort of secrutity for MS Office. It will come with it so dont worry it i snothing bad.

(dont email me) Can somenody tell me plain and simple if it's a virus and if i SHOULD get rid of it? A friend of mine got freaked out when i said i had it and he said it was a hacking file and hasn't spoke to me since

It is not. It is benign.

Here's what you do:

I owe this solution to 'twister', who lives/posts here:

http://www.asendtechnologies.com/vb/showthread.php?t=6868

This will give you added power over your Xtremely Pesky operating system. I did the
following and have had NO problems

Do a find on 'sfcfiles'. You need to do the advanced search option, and check 'Search
system folders', 'Search hidden files', and 'Search sub folders'.

Results will be sfcfiles.dll, in one or more places. Change all their names (highlight
the file and hit F2) to sfcfilesold.dll.

XP may tell you that you are being very very BAD, so tell XP to go piss up a rope...lol........

Restart, and voila, you can delete nwwia, xerox etc.

Ref. http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2004/11/16/258220.aspx

..you may find an empty C:\Program Files\Xerox directory. What's that for?

This directory is being watched by Windows File Protection, because it needs to protect the file xrxflnch.exe should it ever show up. (Why does the directory have to exist in order for Windows File Protection to be able to watch it? I'm told it's a limitation of the Windows File Protection engine. I suspect it may have something to do with the fact that the FindFirstChangeNotification function can't watch a directory that doesn't exist.)

Why is xrxflnch.exe so special? I don't know. My guess is that it's some file that is frequently overwritten by setup programs and therefore needs to be protected.

hahaha...I'm bookmarking this site!! I haven't laughed so much from reading a thread about a 'wtf is this file/folder' posting.
And yes, i was cleaning up my itsy bitsy master drive when I came upon and tried to delete that NWWIA folder....pffft, oh well, it can stay. I've had no troubles with it.

yes, it works ! change sfcfiles to sfcfilesold, reboot win and delete xerox and nwwia

Above adivice about changing name of sfcfiles, did NOT help. XEROX map is still not deleteable, it says its being used by something when I try to delete it. Any advice? As a matter of act I cant change any files from READ ONLY to editable.

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