A few related questsions. I have a few processes running and there are one or two I am unsure of after checking their information on line. I have spoolsv.exe running and I was told that was for printer/fax applications which I never use ..in which case it could be a trojan etc.
Now I dont want to go deleting anything straight away so my question is how can I scan it ? Im using Kaspersky 7.0 and the options I have there are SCAN MY COMPUTER or VIRUS SCAN . They dont seem to have a spyware scan .
So is there a good free safe spyware scanner I can download ? Also will I have to remove my kaspersky or can these 2 programs coexist ?
Any info on spool would be apprecaited , I was advised not to delete unless certain so doing some homework first. Yesterday I had 26 processes running ( which is not a lot _) but today I have 29 and I havent been on it and nothing is updating or downloading so just want to give it a check. If the spyware program checks for adware etc that would be good -ty
Also if this helps ..this is what is in my spool folder in system 32 …are they all good ?
WINSPOOL ( device driver 143kb ) *
spoolss.dll ( application extension 73kb ) *
spoolsv ( application 57kb )
winspool ( device driver 143 kb ) *
winspool ( application 3kb )
the ones with stars were all modified on the 8th of april this year . maybe just a windows update? or DUM DUM DUUUUM TROJANS ! :p
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1 Neo // May 12, 2008
instead of deleting the processes, try to uninstall any printer / fax application if they are installed.
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