Computer is running very very slowly

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elishabenabbuyah Posts 3 Registration date Sunday December 21, 2014 Status Member Last seen December 21, 2014 - Dec 21, 2014 at 03:06 PM
Ambucias Posts 47310 Registration date Monday February 1, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen February 15, 2023 - Dec 27, 2014 at 06:24 PM
Hi,
I'm having a popup message that says "A program running on the computer is trying to display a message" and it gives me the choice of "View the message" or "Ask me later." When I go to the "Show program details" it tells me that the program path is spoolsv.exe.

Would someone please be able to help me to understand what this is and if it is dangerous?

thank you very much,

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Ambucias Posts 47310 Registration date Monday February 1, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen February 15, 2023 11,162
Dec 21, 2014 at 04:01 PM
spoolsv.exe (spoolsv stands for Printer Spooler Service) is a Windows NT/2000/XP generic process which places printing jobs in a queue.

It is not in any way a virus, a worm, a Trojan horse, spyware, or AdWare.

It is a process which can be terminated.
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elishabenabbuyah Posts 3 Registration date Sunday December 21, 2014 Status Member Last seen December 21, 2014
Dec 21, 2014 at 04:42 PM
Thank you Ambucias,
I understand that sometimes viruses hide themselves in this program, and there are many things going wrong with the computer simultaneously. My microsoft word won't open, my virus software (Avira and Malwarebites) is stopping midway, and the computer is running very very slowly. I just thought they might all be connected.
Thank you for your help.
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elishabenabbuyah Posts 3 Registration date Sunday December 21, 2014 Status Member Last seen December 21, 2014
Dec 21, 2014 at 07:35 PM
never mind, I got it. I downloaded it in safe mode.
I'll send on the file.
Thank you.
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Ambucias Posts 47310 Registration date Monday February 1, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen February 15, 2023 11,162
Dec 21, 2014 at 05:11 PM
Hello,

It may not be related but it seems as if you have a virus.

To help you and prescribe the remedy, I must make a diagnostic and to do so, I require a log.

1. Open this link and download ZHPDiag2 :

https://www.zebulon.fr/telechargements/securite/systeme/zhpdiag.html

(Don't be alarmed is the site is in French, it sometimes happens, the tool will take your system language and allow the download if you get a warning message, ignore it.)

2. Save the file on your Desktop.

3. Double click on ZHPDiag.exe and follow the installation instructions.

(For Vista and Win 7 users, click right to ensure you execute with admin right)

The tool creates three icons ZHPDiag, MRB, and ZHPFix (If necessary,we will use ZHPFix after log analysis).

4. Double click on the short cut ZHPDiag on your Destktop.

5. If you need to change the language, click on the little house, (bottom right) and change to English

6. Click on Full.

Wait for the tool to finished (maybe a long time)

7. Close ZHPDiag.

8. To transmit the report, click on this link :

https://authentification.site

9. Search the directory where you installed ZHPDiag (usually C:\desktop\zhpdiag.txt).
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elisha ben abbuyah
Dec 21, 2014 at 07:16 PM
Dear Ambucias,
I have been trying to download the program, but I am unsuccessful. It says failed each time, and the program will not open.
On my other computer it succeeded, so I know that I am doing everything correctly, and I don't know what I'm doing wrong on this computer.
Do you have any suggestions?
Thank you,
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elisha ben abbuyah
Dec 21, 2014 at 07:57 PM
I have uploaded the file. Here are the two links it gave me:

HTML link: <a href="http://speedy.sh/GZkuM/ZHPDiag.txt">Download at SpeedyShare</a>

Forum link: http://speedy.sh/GZkuM/ZHPDiag.txt

Download link: http://speedy.sh/GZkuM/ZHPDiag.txt

Thank you again for your help.
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Ambucias Posts 47310 Registration date Monday February 1, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen February 15, 2023 11,162
Dec 22, 2014 at 04:45 AM
Hello

Sorry for the late reply.

You presently have to many antivirus software which is risky business.
Avira Free Antivirus v14.0.7.468
AVG 2014 v14.0.4765
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware version 2.0.4.1028
Secunia PSI
Spybot - Search & Destroy v2.4.40

You should have only one. The reason being is that the search engines may come in conflict, give false positives or even miss detect. Those search engines will also slowdown your computer.

I urge you to uninstall all of the above mentioned except one being the one that you have purchased.

This tool will remove the viruses presently on your machine

Download AdwCleaner (by Xplode) on your desktop.
Launch the program and click on Remove.
Wait for the scan to be completed. You may need to restart the computer after the scan.
Once the process is completed, a report will be generated which you can copy and paste here.

Good luck
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elisha ben abbuyah
Dec 27, 2014 at 10:53 AM
Dear Ambucias,
Sorry for the delay. I've done what you suggested and removed all the conflicting anti-virus software and anti-spyware software, and I have done a scan and cleanup (there was no option for remove) with adwcleaner.
II am sending along the report, as you suggested. (I could not figure out how to attach it, so I'm pasting it in).
Thank you again for your help.
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# AdwCleaner v4.106 - Report created 27/12/2014 at 10:39:44
# Updated 21/12/2014 by Xplode
# Database : 2014-12-21.4 [Live]
# Operating System : Windows 7 Home Premium Service Pack 1 (64 bits)
# Username : Sarra Lev - SARRALEV-HP
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# Option : Clean

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Ambucias Posts 47310 Registration date Monday February 1, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen February 15, 2023 11,162 > elisha ben abbuyah
Dec 27, 2014 at 04:30 PM
Perfect elisha, viruses are gone!
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elisha ben abbuyah
Dec 27, 2014 at 04:39 PM
Thank you so very much for all your help.
Have a happy new year.
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Ambucias Posts 47310 Registration date Monday February 1, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen February 15, 2023 11,162
Dec 27, 2014 at 06:24 PM
The pleasure was mine.
Live long and properous.
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