I have this problem too
Same thing happened to me, just only now it came up this warning when I tried to open Words, I searched google & found this thread. I entered the commands in terminal it shows:
205:/Applications Macbook$ ls -@l /Applications/Microsoft*
ls: illegal option -- @
usage: ls [-ABCFGHLPRSTWZabcdefghiklmnopqrstuwx1] [file ...]
205:/Applications Macbook$ ls -@l /Applications/Microsoft*
ls: illegal option -- @
usage: ls [-ABCFGHLPRSTWZabcdefghiklmnopqrstuwx1] [file ...]
205:/Applications Macbook$
Welcome to Darwin!
205:~ Macbook$ cd /Applications; ls -l
total 288
drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Nov 24 2009 Address Book.app
drwxrwxr-x 9 root admin 306 May 19 2007 Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional
drwxrwxr-x 9 root admin 306 Jan 30 18:14 Adobe Bridge
drwxrwxr-x 5 root admin 170 May 19 2007 Adobe Creative Suite 2
-rw-r--r-- 1 Macbook admin 0 Oct 7 2008 Adobe Flash Player 9
drwxrwxr-x 12 root admin 408 May 19 2007 Adobe GoLive CS2
drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 May 19 2007 Adobe Help Center.app
drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Feb 20 2008 Adobe Help Viewer 1.0.app
drwxrwxr-x 16 root admin 544 Feb 25 2008 Adobe Illustrator CS2
drwxrwxr-x 16 root admin 544 May 19 2007 Adobe InDesign CS2
drwxrwxrwx 16 root admin 544 May 19 2007 Adobe Photoshop CS2
drwxrwxr-x 6 Macbook admin 204 Feb 23 00:54 Adobe Reader 8
drwxrwxr-x 7 root admin 238 Nov 24 2009 AppleScript
drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Nov 25 2007 Automator.app
drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Nov 25 2007 Calculator.app
drwxrwxr-x 9 root admin 306 Aug 4 2011 Canon Utilities
drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Aug 20 2006 Chess.app
drwxr-xr-x 3 Macbook admin 102 Jul 23 2011 ClamXav.app
drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Jan 23 2007 DVD Player.app
drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Nov 25 2007 Dashboard.app
drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Nov 25 2007 Dictionary.app
drwxr-xr-x 3 Macbook Macbook 102 Dec 4 07:39 Dropbox.app
drwxr-xr-x 3 501 admin 102 Jan 12 2006 Firefox.app
drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Nov 25 2007 Font Book.app
drwxr-xr-x 3 Macbook admin 102 Mar 1 01:25 FrostWire.app
drwxr-xr-x 3 Macbook admin 102 Dec 6 2009 Google Chrome.app
drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Nov 24 2009 Image Capture.app
drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Nov 24 2009 Internet Connect.app
drwxrwxr-x 8 501 admin 272 May 19 2007 Macromedia Contribute 3
drwxrwxr-x 10 501 501 340 May 19 2007 Macromedia Dreamweaver 8
drwxrwxr-x 8 501 501 272 May 19 2007 Macromedia Extension Manager
drwxr-xr-x 16 501 501 544 May 19 2007 Macromedia Fireworks 8
drwxr-xr-x 11 501 501 374 May 19 2007 Macromedia Flash 8
drwxrwxr-x 6 501 501 204 May 19 2007 Macromedia Flash 8 VideoEncoder
drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Nov 24 2009 Mail.app
drwxr-xr-x 3 501 admin 102 Sep 23 2004 Microsoft AutoUpdate.app
-rw-r--r-- 1 Macbook admin 0 Sep 16 2007 Microsoft Messenger
drwxrwxr-x 3 501 admin 102 Jan 17 2007 Microsoft Messenger.app
drwxrwxr-x 15 501 501 510 Jun 7 2007 Microsoft Office 2004
drwxrwxrwx 3 root admin 102 Jun 13 2012 Mobile Partner.app
drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Aug 5 2006 Photo Booth.app
drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Nov 25 2007 Preview.app
drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Nov 24 2009 QuickTime Player.app
drwxr-xr-x 3 501 admin 102 May 4 2006 RealPlayer.app
drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Dec 8 2010 Safari.app
drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Jan 23 2007 Sherlock.app
drwxr-xr-x 4 Macbook admin 136 Oct 5 2012 Shockwave_Installer_Slim.pkg
drwxr-xr-x 3 Macbook admin 102 Nov 17 2010 Skype.app
drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Aug 20 2006 Stickies.app
-rw-r--r-- 1 501 501 15073 Aug 26 2005 Studio 8 ReadMe.htm
drwxrwxr-x 3 root wheel 102 Nov 25 2007 System Preferences.app
drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Aug 20 2006 TextEdit.app
drwxrwxr-x 35 root admin 1190 Jan 18 01:32 Utilities
drwxr-xr-x 3 501 admin 102 Jan 4 2007 VLC.app
drwxr-xr-x 3 501 admin 102 Dec 16 2003 Windows Media Player.app
drwxr-xr-x 3 Macbook admin 102 Jul 6 2012 Yahoo! Messenger copy.app
drwxr-xr-x 3 Macbook admin 102 Jul 6 2012 Yahoo! Messenger.app
-rw-r--r-- 1 Macbook Macbook 0 Jun 14 2012 i450.app
drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Nov 25 2007 iCal.app
drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Nov 24 2009 iChat.app
drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Nov 25 2007 iDVD.app
drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Mar 17 2007 iMovie HD.app
drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Mar 17 2007 iPhoto.app
drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Nov 25 2007 iSync.app
drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Jun 26 2010 iTunes.app
-rw-r--r-- 1 root admin 78 Jun 13 2012 log.txt
What does the illegal option means?
I only serviced it once before many years ago and I supposed the servicer had reintalled some apps at that time.
I used to open documents in my microsoft Words there were no warning before, why it suddenly warns me? I'm not sure should I ignore it and proceed to open or not? Can someone please explain to me and what should I do?
One thing I see is that these applications are owned by user 502. They should be owned by root. Seems like these were installed improperly.
It's easy to change the ownership of the applications. But I want to be clear about where exactly the apps are. To this end, would you please paste the following into Terminal and post the output: