Many users claim that the inetsrv.exe process is a malicious application belonging to the family of worms called Win32/Small!69D0. The same user reports state that the inetsrv.exe process can create registry keys and entries upon its successful integration and activation in a Windows-based system, and upon the insertion of these entries and keys into the Windows System Registry, the inetsrv.exe process has been reported to automatically run during system startup. According to a few users, the inetsrv.exe process is capable of actively operating as a background process without user consent, in order to create copies of itself and place these inetsrv.exe copies in various directories and sub directories of connected data storage device partitions. A few users also reported certain spyware and Trojan-like functionalities of the inetsrv.exe process, such as the ability to initiate contact with Web servers that are most likely operated and managed by its authors in order to download more malicious applications, and the capability of gathering private data and Internet browsing information from the infected system and its default Web browser, in which these collected details have been reported to be uploaded by the inetsrv.exe process to these predesignated remote servers.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. inetsrv.exe. is used by Win32/Small!69D0 Worm, If you shut down inetsrv.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop inetsrv.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is Win32/Small!69D0 Worm, from your system.

After uninstalling applications it is a good idea to scan you Windows registry for any left over traces of applications. Registry Reviver by ReviverSoft is a great tool for doing this.

The ReviverSoft experts have not yet reviewed inetsrv.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Win32/Small!69D0 Worm, or your operating system that is responsible for running in functions of that application. Some application require that they have processes running all the time so they can do things such as check for updates or notify you when you get an instant message. Some poorly written applications have many processes that run that may not be required and take up valuable processing power within your computer.

We have not received any complaint about this process having higher than normal impact on PC performance. If you have had bad experiences with it please let us know in a comment below and we will investigate it further.

The first thing you should do if inetsrv.exe. is causing errors on your computer is to run a Windows registry scan with Registry Reviver If you are still seeing errors after this you should uninstall the program that inetsrv.exe, belongs to, in this case Win32/Small!69D0 Worm