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Spoolsv.exe is using 99% CPU
Name: JudyL Date: November 12, 2003 at 09:54:37 Pacific OS: Windows XP CPU/Ram: 1.34 Ghz/224
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My spoolsv.exe is using 99% CPU. I found an old message suggesting to remove the printer drivers and did to no avail. I just moved my HP printer to another computer and am using it through a network. Any ideas? Thanks!
1st step , run a virus check from 1 of these . Online Virus check ( free ) http://housecall.antivirus.com/ http://www.coledata.com/virusalert.htm http://www.cybertechhelp.com/html/misc/av.php http://www.pandasoftware.es/activescan/activescan-com.asp http://www.ravantivirus.com/scan/ http://www.bitdefender.com/ http://www.stop-sign.com/?n=google_cure5
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Response Number 2
Name: Tom Date: November 12, 2003 at 12:22:59 Pacific
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could also be the Gaobot virus. I had that one and it also was using that file. In any case, you definatly have a virus. Do a scan like JohnW advised
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Response Number 3
Name: Johnw Date: November 12, 2003 at 12:30:48 Pacific
Name: JudyL Date: November 13, 2003 at 10:16:10 Pacific
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I ran Norton and found no viruses. Now it's switching around to using up to 99% of System Idle Process or qbdagent.exe. The computer I'm networked to has started using 95-99% of System Idle Process. I'll try running one of the other virus software. Any other suggestions? Thanks!
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Response Number 5
Name: jona Date: December 16, 2003 at 13:32:39 Pacific
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I'm having a simillar problem in 2000. Mine started in explorer.exe and has moved to system idle process. I too ran a virus scan first time round and found a couple. However the problem persists and there are no viruses present now.
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