What is the "spoolsv.exe" ? Variant 12321224

Our database contains 3223 different files for filename spoolsv.exe but this page contains information about single file with specific attributes. If you want to see general information about the spoolsv.exe then visit General Information Page . You can also check most distributed file variants with name spoolsv.exe. This file belongs to product Microsoft® Windows® Operating System and was developed by company Microsoft Corporation. This file has description Spooler SubSystem App. Agregate rating is 5(5) stars - based on 1 reviews.This is executable file. You can find it running in Task Manager as the process spoolsv.exe.

Product:: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company:: Microsoft Corporation
Description:: Spooler SubSystem App
Version:: 6.2.9200.16384
MD5:: d246a6f32cd74a0ae1f00ef7c73a1dbc
SHA1:: 1ec9b95aedff7eb09e0c7c4c8ecde473c9609328
SHA256:: 771cfd6d6474de9cf0abaf2af3e800125217cc7eaea92d6d04f8274080961e5e
Size:: 496640
Directory:: C:\Windows\System32
Operating System:: Windows 8
Occurence:: High

System Explorer Community Antivirus Report

This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :

Antivirus Name	Latest Toleration
Windows Defender	2016-09-05 01:47:46
ESET NOD32 Antivirus 9.0.386.1	2016-09-04 19:57:07
Kaspersky Internet Security	2016-09-04 17:50:50
360 Total Security	2016-09-03 22:33:49
Avast Antivirus	2016-08-31 14:41:29
Kingsoft Antivirus System Defense	2016-08-31 13:12:16
Bitdefender Antivirus Free Antimalware	2016-08-30 04:25:05
avast! Antivirus	2016-08-29 14:22:30
Immunet 3	2016-08-28 14:17:39

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Is the Process "spoolsv.exe" Safe or Threat ?

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100% of reviewed files are marked as Safe .
100% of reviewed files are marked as System file.

Our final rating for this file is Safe. Final rating is based on file reviews, discovered date, users occurence and antivirus scan results.

Filename "spoolsv.exe" is used by Microsoft Windows System files. Many threats uses filenames of System Processes to camouflage itself. You should consider suspected any file which uses system filename and is not stored in system directory or has invalid file version information. Correct system file contains full file version information from Microsoft.

User Reviews of the "spoolsv.exe"

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SAFErating from user MikeOne (Variant: 12321224)
This file is main part of the Microsoft Print Spooler service - responsible for the possibility of printing in general. See more info on Microsoft's pages : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc773897(v=WS.10).aspx and security-related problems here : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/MS10-061

Reviews of all spoolsv.exe variants

Reviews for different files with filename "C:\Windows\System32\spoolsv.exe"

SAFErating from user ben for file C:\Windows\System32\spoolsv.exe (Variant: 40502921)
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SAFErating from user Ben for file C:\Windows\System32\spoolsv.exe (Variant: 40502921)
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SAFErating from user MikeOne for file C:\Windows\System32\spoolsv.exe (Variant: 19484944)
This file is main part of the Microsoft Print Spooler service - responsible for the possibility of printing in general.
In general, the main functions of this process are :
The process spoolsv.exe transfers the printing data in a memory buffer.
If the printer needs the data, it will retrieve it from the buffer.
While the spoolsv.exe file is storing the data in the buffer, the user can carry out other operations.
The spoolsv.exe process is also responsible for queuing printing tasks.
See more info on Microsoft's pages : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc773897(v=WS.10).aspx and security-related problems here : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/MS10-061
SAFErating from user MikeOne for file C:\Windows\System32\spoolsv.exe (Variant: 19512567)
This file is main part of the Microsoft Print Spooler service - responsible for the possibility of printing in general. In general, the main functions of this process are : The process spoolsv.exe transfers the printing data in a memory buffer.
If the printer needs the data, it will retrieve it from the buffer.
While the spoolsv.exe file is storing the data in the buffer, the user can carry out other operations.
The spoolsv.exe process is also responsible for queuing printing tasks.
See more info on Microsoft's pages : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc773897(v=WS.10).aspx and security-related problems here : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/MS10-061