Spoolsv.exe
 

My friend's computer is somehow infected by something. He has a file "spoolsv.exe", which is a normal Windows process that handles the print jobs on the computer and is necessary for printing. However, this process is taking up 99% of the computing power and nothing is coming up on spyware scans or virus scans.

Is he running Windows XP with Service Pack 2 on it?

If so remove SP2.... this is a known issue.

spoolsv.exe is a Microsoft Windows system executable which handles the printing process to your local printers.

Note: spoolsv.exe is also a process which is registered as the Backdoor.Ciadoor.B Trojan. This Trojan allows attackers to access your computer, stealing passwords and personal data. It is a registered security risk and should be removed immediately.

Was also able to find this using Google. http://www.neuber.com/taskmanager/pr...oolsv.exe.html

Did you try looking at Google? There is a lot of information there.

I only knew SP2 and spoolsv.exe to have issues when SP2 was still in Beta form.

Soccer, does the system have pending jobs in any printer's queue? Stop the service, clear the jobs, and restart the service.

I concur about the issue with beta SP2, but this was fixed before it went gold.

No printing jobs waiting.