How to Remove “spoolsv.exe”

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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Safe Entries

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First Seen: 22 April 2018 at 9:57 am
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