What is spoolsvr.exe?

spoolsvr.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Windows\TEMP\' folder.

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

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VirusTotal report

28 of the 68 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the spoolsvr.exe file. That's a 41% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Trojan.Generic.22658501
AegisLab	Uds.Dangerousobject.Multi!c
AhnLab-V3	PUP/Win32.Agent.C2261743
ALYac	Trojan.Generic.22658501
Arcabit	Trojan.Generic.D159BDC5
Avast	FileRepMetagen [Malware]
AVG	FileRepMetagen [Malware]
AVware	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
BitDefender	Trojan.Generic.22658501
CAT-QuickHeal	Trojan.Multi
ClamAV	Win.Ransomware.Cerber-6267996-1
Comodo	UnclassifiedMalware
Cyren	W32/Trojan.KGMQ-4121
Emsisoft	Trojan.Generic.22658501 (B)
F-Secure	Trojan.Generic.22658501
GData	Trojan.Generic.22658501
Kaspersky	UDS:DangerousObject.Multi.Generic
McAfee	RDN/Generic.com
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.Vopak.nh
MicroWorld-eScan	Trojan.Generic.22658501
Paloalto	generic.ml
Panda	Trj/CI.A
Symantec	Trojan.Gen.2
TrendMicro	TROJ_GEN.R002C0OKQ17
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R002C0OKQ17
VIPRE	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Webroot	Trojan.Msil.Downloader.Agent
ZoneAlarm	UDS:DangerousObject.Multi.Generic

spoolsvr.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove spoolsvr.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the spoolsvr.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that spoolsvr.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 spoolsvr.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the spoolsvr.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 spoolsvr.exe in the scan result.

   

   

   C:\Windows\TEMP\spoolsvr.exe

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

   
5. Restart your computer.
6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If spoolsvr.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If spoolsvr.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
7. If spoolsvr.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 spoolsvr.exe no longer appear in the scan result.

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