What is spoolsv.exe.?

spoolsv.exe. is usually located in the 'C:\WINDOWS\Media\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected spoolsv.exe..

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VirusTotal report

33 of the 42 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the spoolsv.exe. file. That's a 79% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
AntiVir	TR/Drop.Spy.Pca.A.1
Antiy-AVL	Backdoor/Win32.Delf.gen
Avast	Win32:Trojan-gen
AVG	Small.ND
BitDefender	Gen:Trojan.Heur.SFM.kmGfa00rzXjb
CAT-QuickHeal	Trojan.Meredrop
Commtouch	W32/Busky.B.gen!Eldorado
Comodo	TrojWare.Win32.AntiAV.nhr
DrWeb	DLOADER.Trojan
Emsisoft	Trojan.Small!IK
F-Prot	W32/Busky.B.gen!Eldorado
F-Secure	Gen:Trojan.Heur.SFM.kmGfa00rzXjb
Fortinet	W32/Backdoor!tr
GData	Gen:Trojan.Heur.SFM.kmGfa00rzXjb
Ikarus	Trojan.Small
Jiangmin	Trojan/Generic.afguy
K7AntiVirus	Riskware
Kaspersky	HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
McAfee	Generic BackDoor
McAfee-GW-Edition	Heuristic.BehavesLike.Win32.Worm.C
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Meredrop
NOD32	a variant of Win32/Agent.TRU
Norman	W32/Malware
Panda	Suspicious file
Rising	Suspicious
Sophos	Mal/EncPk-BW
TotalDefense	Win32/Posertm
TrendMicro	TROJ_GEN.R44CDF4
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R44CDF4
VBA32	Trojan.Win32.Glt
VIPRE	BehavesLike.Win32.Malware.wlk (mx-v)
ViRobot	Backdoor.Win32.A.Delf.174080[UPX]
VirusBuster	Packed/FSG

spoolsv.exe. removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove spoolsv.exe. with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the spoolsv.exe. file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that spoolsv.exe. has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:

1. Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
2. Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.

   
3. When the scan is finished, locate spoolsv.exe. in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the spoolsv.exe. file. Do not check any other file for removal unless you are 100% sure you want to delete it. Tip: Press CTRL-F to open up FreeFixer's search dialog to quickly locate spoolsv.exe. in the scan result.

   

   

   C:\WINDOWS\Media\spoolsv.exe.

   
4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the spoolsv.exe. file.

   
5. Restart your computer.
6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If spoolsv.exe. still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If spoolsv.exe. is gone from the scan result you're done.
7. If spoolsv.exe. still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
8. Restart your computer.
9. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that spoolsv.exe. no longer appear in the scan result.

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