Spoolsv exe a virus

It also takes more memory spaces some times and belongs to Microsoft Windows Operating System. It is developed by Microsoft Corporation. The malware programmers or cyber criminals write different types of malicious programs and name it as spoolsv. Malicious authors try to infect the systems with different types of malicious programs. Each form of malicious software is designed to infect the system that creates different issues and impact on the system.

One can notice the following changes once the system is infected with spoolsv. When one of these happens then you can be sure that your system is infected with setup.

How to remove the spoolsv. Step 1: Download the award-winning Free Internet Security. Step 2: Installation configuration frames will be displayed. Select the configuration you would like to apply. Step 3: Select Customize Configuration option and arrange installers, configuration, and file location.

Step 5: It will take some time for the Comodo Internet Security to update the antivirus. Step 6: Proceed with a quick scan that automatically begins after the update. Posted by: Ed 04 Oct Hi, Cool site. Why should spoolsv. Thanks for in advance. Posted by: sara 12 Oct EXE -- pls insert disk to drive A as the drive is empty. Posted by: Steve 21 Oct The spoolsv. Does that mean it's a virus? It runs on all XP computers, regardless of any printers that may be installed.

Posted by: Kevin Barnett 29 Oct I have been looking up the ip addresses each time my Zone Alarm shows spooler subsystem app has tried to access the internet. The addresses are different microsoft addresses. The one that shows up the most is the hotmail logon page. I run norton with auto updates and daily scans as well as spy sweeper daily and so I am skeptical that I have any infection.

I do not have a network printer. I would just like to know what I have to do to get that service to stop trying to access the internet? But it won't make you any more secure. Posted by: Ysha 05 Dec Same or similar problems here with the spoolsv. Started when I installed a new printer, HP tri function. I often have problems that smell of back door vulnerability, such as I just went online for banking transfer of funds.

Not only did I get a pop up saying something that did not reflect what the actual web site indicated was happening after some delay. But when I had to relog in why? Similar problems on other pages when ordering that didin't used to be a problem. Like I'm beeing spied on in secure pages.

WHat to do??!!! HP installed a totally megabite rediculous weight of files on my computer, many seem on when I don't need them slowing things down and doing way too much snooping. Posted by: Sue 15 Apr Had the same problem spoolsv.

Thanks for your helpful site Bob. Posted by: dave 24 Apr Your anti-virus software should be the true test. Posted by: egyr 16 Jul If your spoolsv. The pc-cillin can stop it from sending such e-mails and will let you know which program is doine this in this case. Tring to stop this program vua taskmanager is not possible some other program is calling very quickly to the spoolsv.

But this is not the end of the problem because as told there is a program that will revive the spoolsv. Posted by: netstaff 09 Oct I denied. Another file in the folder, 'start. All-in-all, this piece of crap runs IRC letting the jerk have full-access to your computer AND it's invisable to you and most antivirus programs. Posted by: Joe 11 Nov Hello Bob, thanks for offering your service! I got a problem with my lexmark usb printer x It works normally but only without zonealarm. Even if I set zonealarm to idle it blocks the normal print procedure.

To make the printer work normally it has to be shut down completely. Do you know how to adjust zonealarm or other windows services spooler. Posted by: Ricky 01 Dec I had a problem on that spoolsv.

Posted by: Jayakumar 22 Apr Its Not a virus.. Posted by: Christop 04 Jun My PC had 15 or so printers installed, but only two constituted valid links. As in the suggestion above, I deleted all of the dormant printers and spoolsv stopped consuming resources Thanks for the useful posts! Posted by: Darren 25 Aug The problem with spoolsv. There's more reader feedback See all 22 comments for this article.