The spool.exe file is considered a dangerous file, actually an advertising Spyware, which is created by RapidBlaster SpyWare. Depending on the antivirus program used, the file can be considered also as malware, Trojan-gen and Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Agent.llo, or Backdoor.Win32.ServU-based. Sometimes, the file spool.exe is also known as FTP Serv-U Daemon, which can be seen in some common programs, such as Adobe Acrobat, WindowsDriver, NVIDIA Drivers , Exact Globe for Windows, MSDTC Mail Server, IP/TCP Services, and Serv-U. What this file does is technically tracks the browsing habits and activities of the user, and then distributes any data back to the author’s servers for the purpose of analysis. It also has the capability to call for pop-ups of advertisements when surfing the net. As a malicious file, spool.exe can definitely provide some serious threats to the user and his or her computer. It is advisable to remove the file once the user scans it using an antivirus application, or unexpectedly sees it running in the Task Manager.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Spyware, 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 spool.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 spool.exe, belongs to, in this case Spyware