winword.exe malware?

The program winword.exe (Microsoft Word) is accessing the internet when I am not running the program. At times my internet pages are taking such a long time to refresh that I sign off the web. Most other times I do not have any difficulty with my internet connection.

I was wondering if there was any Trogans that are using the winword.exe file name that might be bogging down my internet connection.

I followed the Malware Removal Guide posted in the Support Forum. The online virus and trogan scanning did not pick up any problems. Winword.exe continued to access the network after I ran all the virus programs. I have since disallowed Winword access to the internet through the firewall but would like to resolve the underlying problem.

Should I upload the various logs from my scans or is there an obvious solution to the winword.exe problem.