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Microsoft office for Mac- strange files in recycle bin

Hello,

I am a new Mac user (my mac is OS X 10.7 lion). I am using a totally legal Microsoft office for Mac. I do not set to share any thing from my Mac to anyone. I got this warning in the log and I do not know whether there is any problem with it. I am a bit paranoid if any spyware/trojan that is trying to open backdoord connection to steal data from my Mac. I also sometimes found some strange files in the recycle bin that named something like "recovery" but it turned into something else when clicked on the files. Please help if you can, I really appreciate that. Thanks a lot.


2/24/12 1:31:16.299 PM Microsoft Word: kCGErrorIllegalArgument: _CGSFindSharedWindow: WID 46

2/24/12 1:31:16.300 PM Microsoft Word: kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSGetWindowResolution: Invalid window 0x2e

2/24/12 1:31:16.300 PM Microsoft Word: error [1001] getting window resolution

2/24/12 1:31:16.300 PM Microsoft Word: kCGErrorIllegalArgument: _CGSFindSharedWindow: WID 46

2/24/12 1:31:16.300 PM Microsoft Word: kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowResolution: Invalid window 0x2e

2/24/12 1:31:16.300 PM Microsoft Word: Error [1001] setting resolution to 1

Posted on Feb 24, 2012 10:52 AM

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User profile for user: varjak paw
varjak paw
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Feb 24, 2012 11:56 AM in response to macdumpy

Files in a "Recovered Files" folder in the Trash are very common with Microsoft Office. Those are temporary files that Office isn't cleaning up, so Mac OS X does it itself. Just delete them.


As to the error message, that appears to be an issue with Word trying to address a windows that it actually closed. Unless the error message repeats regularly, or Word is being unstable, it's almost certainly nothing to worry about. These messages definitely do not indicate the presence of any malware.


Regards.

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