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What is spoolsv.exe? Print spooler

Vendor:      Microsoft
Product:     Windows
Vendor Website:      http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q314876
Last Seen by PC Pitstop:      No Data

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Process is goodThis process is a Microsoft or Windows process, but many viruses use this file name to escape notice.

PC Pitstop Analysis

Purpose: spoolsv.exe is the Print spooler for Windows 2000/XP. Leave this service running unless you never do any printing. If spoolsv.exe is not running, the Add Printer function will not work properly and no printers will be available.

spoolsv.exe is required by third-party software or hardware and should not disabled.

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spoolsv.exe Technical Information

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 23.20%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 5 MB

MD5 Hash Analysis

Program Name MD5 Count
spoolsv.exe

MD5 Hashes Expand md5 List Collapse md5 List
# Status MD5 File Info Last Seen Signed Day Week Month Threat info
1 Status 0x9aea093b8f9c37cf45538382caba2475 More File Information 6/14/2013 Unsigned 4 67 332 Not Applicable
2 Status 0x8554097e5136c3bf9f69fe578a1b35f4 More File Information 6/14/2013 Unsigned 4 47 339 Not Applicable
3 Status 0x60784f891563fb1b767f70117fc2428f More File Information 6/14/2013 Unsigned 12 628 39440 Not Applicable
4 Status 0xda612ef2556776df2630b68bf2d48935 More File Information 6/13/2013 Unsigned 0 8 22 Not Applicable
5 Status 0x866a43013535dc8587c258e43579c764 More File Information 6/13/2013 Unsigned 0 5 19 Not Applicable
6 Status 0xd8e14a61acc1d4a6cd0d38aebac7fa3b More File Information 6/9/2013 Unsigned 0 1 3 Not Applicable
7 Status 0x53ae056ef4e74613674538125cce9c32 More File Information 6/8/2013 Unsigned 0 1 1 Not Applicable
8 Status 0xda81ec57acd4cdc3d4c51cf3d409af9f More File Information 6/8/2013 Unsigned 0 1 14 Not Applicable
9 Status 0x3235ed29365da9d98db5ebae099b9fad More File Information 6/8/2013 Unsigned 0 1 1 Not Applicable
10 Status 0xd246a6f32cd74a0ae1f00ef7c73a1dbc More File Information 6/2/2013 Unsigned 0 0 7 Not Applicable
11 Status 0xedc948dfe60e60155d8e5b151ca8fd12 More File Information 5/31/2013 Unsigned 0 0 1 Not Applicable
12 Status 0xbc70dc7c407eb39cd909e4aec52d5361 More File Information 5/30/2013 Unsigned 0 0 1 Not Applicable
13 Status 0x78ffa687a97f2e5a5cd695d4e82322c1 More File Information 5/27/2013 Unsigned 0 0 1 Not Applicable
14 Status 0x85daa09a98c9286d4ea2ba8d0e644377 More File Information 5/23/2013 Unsigned 0 0 5 Not Applicable
15 Status 0x44462b1771d06c05d6c7fa530f34b7fb More File Information 5/23/2013 Unsigned 0 0 1 Not Applicable
16 Status 0xc5a31e03962251c2bf303c20dbb0ea5c More File Information 5/13/2013 Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
17 Status 0xa3343cfef0a361dc062ffde3674a2e6d More File Information 5/12/2013 Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
18 Status 0x33e644f5a07d8a7594621bccdcbaad02 More File Information 5/12/2013 Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
19 Status 0x950d1368ebe6dacf9bac348bee445b68 More File Information 5/7/2013 Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
20 Status 0x12c83227745a0e6b5ed30b475a562945 More File Information 5/5/2013 Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
21 Status 0xf7cbbaca11ff89cadbcd09c7a132ebc3 More File Information 4/30/2013 Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
22 Status 0x9dc0c6a8e71260c0dd034e58564a1553 More File Information 4/25/2013 Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
23 Status 0xc5709b8fc3919688dbc21e14ac34e0ae More File Information 4/22/2013 Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
24 Status 0x819bb7d631500417bb3ba23e010176db More File Information 4/10/2013 Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
25 Status 0xcae10a25f936c053e41cbe0fa06ff15d More File Information 4/2/2013 Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
26 Status 0x7f3f703e567ab57ea4d27bddf7577725 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Trojan.Win32.Generic.pak!cobra
27 Status 0x535647caecd41042b6c21388925d4059 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
28 Status 0x92e6738d25c2123be9515c0eac0776cd More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
29 Status 0x74f72979f3876719d29f44148214aad5 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
30 Status 0xe2b50f799d83284b8a320ba0368b6cd1 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
31 Status 0x629baeb05929e5259cef81b3d5be0431 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
32 Status 0xe1600b58c41169ad9b6f8c0be16a9aec More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
33 Status 0xb9d7a4858cf32a6a15d2763f1de47e0e More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
34 Status 0xce74d00b7626468dea9b7083a9a411d6 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
35 Status 0xb24d28bf47e459e8e5514cd19f1f2718 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Trojan.Win32.Powp.gen (v)
36 Status 0xecff982ab24bb42798b5f147ce2b34c4 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
37 Status 0xe11d4a2ecbe4595598d31a599ff8504c More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Trojan.Win32.Generic.pak!cobra
38 Status 0x3dd4cf42daeda7fb1a0d85d59aa10e35 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
MD5 Hashes Expand md5 List Collapse md5 List
# Status MD5 Last Seen File Date Revision Common Name Size
1 Status 0xe9732c098f8b1728d15670058d35827d 5/15/2013 11:19:00 AM Unknown Unknown Print spooler 57 KB
2 Status 0x3e19e1ba8c0612c58e1a78c650de088f 5/2/2013 8:45:00 AM Unknown Unknown Print spooler 75 KB
3 Status 0x39b4838b70b4423c36d9ed0ac8ce003e 3/13/2013 6:55:00 AM Unknown Unknown Print spooler 50 KB
4 Status 0xcae10a25f936c053e41cbe0fa06ff15d 1/31/2013 3:22:00 AM Unknown Unknown Print spooler 310 KB
5 Status 0xc22b94e40ad9f0be6bd6877c49bdc4ec 1/18/2013 9:38:00 PM Unknown Unknown Print spooler 57 KB
6 Status 0xaae98b295e88d439a6e0f6e8929424fb 12/22/2012 6:43:00 PM Unknown Unknown Print spooler 125 KB
7 Status 0xbc629f7f81519c63bc62b3297ddc286c 12/17/2012 4:25:00 AM Unknown Unknown Print spooler 83 KB
8 Status 0xd246a6f32cd74a0ae1f00ef7c73a1dbc 10/28/2012 12:51:00 PM Unknown Unknown Print spooler 485 KB
9 Status 0x3f928deebb805d87b910debac5ede3bc 9/26/2012 3:45:00 AM Unknown Unknown Print spooler 523 KB
10 Status 0xe17323b0aa9fb3ff9945731d736eda2f 9/21/2012 3:09:00 AM Unknown Unknown Print spooler 309 KB
11 Status 0x49c354a66b7e1bcfd51e57ef4db89711 8/25/2012 11:14:00 PM Unknown Unknown Print spooler 83 KB
12 Status 0x9aea093b8f9c37cf45538382caba2475 8/18/2012 10:20:00 AM Unknown Unknown Print spooler 310 KB
13 Status 0x97e343b0152dadd5f16ed18d6cc22872 5/26/2012 3:19:00 PM Unknown Unknown Print spooler 77 KB
14 Status 0xde91a65fa3c1a5c54ea65092342a2239 5/24/2012 7:19:00 AM Unknown Unknown Print spooler 57 KB
15 Status 0x21ee02b00d3fc5ae140a045c4bab392f 4/28/2012 7:28:00 PM Unknown Unknown Print spooler 64 KB
16 Status 0x4c1ba2f3e8801f224f5200f7e296a44d 4/12/2012 12:26:00 PM Unknown Unknown Print spooler 83 KB
17 Status 0x29d217d1443f8182ba76d527afa3f56f 3/23/2012 3:45:00 PM Unknown Unknown Print spooler 229 KB
18 Status 0x243980d2537e2ea49f2254bf6ebddb5b 3/22/2012 1:51:00 PM Unknown Unknown Print spooler 310 KB
19 Status 0x92054e2d359889713bb0b9439d413e9a 2/17/2012 11:09:00 AM Unknown Unknown Print spooler 50 KB
20 Status 0x60784f891563fb1b767f70117fc2428f 2/8/2012 4:56:00 AM Unknown Unknown Print spooler 57 KB
21 Status 0x30b32e3127d9bbaa1e32394134718070 2/8/2012 4:25:00 AM Unknown Unknown Print spooler 57 KB
22 Status 0x7435b108b935e42ea92ca94f59c8e717 2/8/2012 3:38:00 AM Unknown 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) Print spooler 56 KB
23 Status 0xd8e14a61acc1d4a6cd0d38aebac7fa3b 2/8/2012 3:07:00 AM Unknown Unknown Print spooler 56 KB
24 Status 0xda81ec57acd4cdc3d4c51cf3d409af9f 2/7/2012 9:33:00 PM Unknown 5.1.2600.2696 (xpsp_sp2_gdr.050610-1519) Print spooler 56 KB
25 Status 0x866a43013535dc8587c258e43579c764 2/7/2012 7:29:00 PM Unknown Unknown Print spooler 310 KB
MD5 Hashes Expand md5 List Collapse md5 List
# Status MD5 Last Seen File Date Revision Common Name Size
1 Status 0xb766003f431cad186bd115f5761592d1 1/25/2012 3:51:00 PM Unknown 6.03 Win32.Rbot.WO 1748 KB



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