What is spoolsv.exe?
spoolsv.exe is a legitimate file. This process is responsible in handling the printing process. It also takes more memory spaces some times and belongs to Microsoft Windows Operating System. It is developed by Microsoft Corporation. It is commonly stored in C:\Windows\System32. The malware programmers or cyber criminals write different types of malicious programs and name it as spoolsv.exe to damage the software and hardware.
Affected Platform: Windows OS
How to check if your computer is infected with spoolsv.exe malware?
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.exe malware
- If the internet connection fluctuation is high
- If the spoolsv.exe file is taking more of your CPU memory
- If the system performance is very low
- If the system is redirected to some strange websites
- If the system is getting some annoying popup ads
- If the system freezes quiet often
- If it invites the other malware to infect and damage the system and exploits the same to collect the user private informaton
When one of these happens then you can be sure that your system is infected with setup.exe malware. To confirm that go to task manager by pressing the combination of keys ctrl+alt+del and go to the process tab and right click on the spoolsv.exe file and open the location, if the location is subfolder C:\Windows\System32 then the system is not affected by spoolsv.exe, if the location is somewhere else then the system is affected by spoolsv.exe malware.
How to remove the spoolsv.exe file from system using Comodo Antivirus?
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 4: Restart your PC.
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.
Step 7: If threats are found during the scanning, you will be prompted with an alert screen.
Step 8: Comodo Antivirus will remove the spoolsv.exe virus from your computer including all other malwares!
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Website Malware Directory Resources:First Seen: 22 September 2022 at 2:38 pm
| No. | Company | File Type | SHA1 | MD5 | Malware Name |
Digitally Signed |
File Version |
Product Version |
Submitted From |
Malware Behavior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft | Executable | d7ea6eb380b58880 ce213be9e776f941 c0ded2fe |
16b9f215df4708da 69f8e7d3e73556e0 |
TrojWare.Win 32.VB.OSKB |
No | 1.00 | 1.00 |  Mexico |
N/A |
| 2 | N/A | Executable | 8947f4d30f2ee4cf 210730cc9e00c6ec 13695d74 |
86f5789dac9429ca 556b98a8986467e2 |
TrojWare.Win 32.VB.QOTY |
No | 1.00 | 1.00 |  Venezuela |
N/A |
| 3 | Microsoft | Executable | 5b6b6d3942230d03 fa32d74aaea73eaa c5840e6e |
8338c7ed1a75ce34 45deb7cdd08773bf |
TrojWare.Win 32.VB.OSKB |
No | 1.00 | 1.00 |  Puerto Rico |
N/A |
| 4 | Microsoft | Executable | 2c31b1c7fec0cfd2 09ba65dbbc8b969d 230c1832 |
22e652d03057c52d cda0c82c9ebd7821 |
TrojWare.Win 32.VB.OSKB |
No | 1.00 | 1.00 | Venezuela |
N/A |
186.121.195.5/32
United Kingdom
Turkey
France
India
Colombia
Spain
Morocco
ArgentinaFirst Seen: 22 April 2018 at 9:57 am
| No. | Company | File Type | SHA1 | MD5 | Digitally Signed |
File Version |
Product Version |
Submitted From |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | N/A | Non-executable | 18f5d3e1c15c654c 47b514b2f1c1b5cf daa2395f |
21eb0d8f09335e7e c6084a4da155058f |
No | N/A | N/A |  United States |
| 2 | N/A | Non-executable | 9952442d7b06246f 5b0be56bc01037de 6b45bad7 |
3ad1ac4df979b1fa 9e0d2d0af2da6b86 |
No | N/A | N/A | United States |
| 3 | Microsoft Corporation | Executable | fe489cc51b1ec197 d03142c3b26e31be e03f0300 |
c0402bea435db55f 47d5c493da5c9e44 |
No | 10.0.19041 .3393 (WinBuild. 160101.080 0) |
10.0.19041 .3393 |
United States |
| 4 | N/A | Non-executable | 1d28acd07789423a 030ec7cc8542d86c 1ad118f1 |
9cebef3ecaccbee4 3363e91791aba9a6 |
No | N/A | N/A | United States |
Kenya
