The Norton Internet Security Service software contains the spools.exe file among several other processes. Spools.exe is installed in the system as part of Norton Internet Security Service. It enables several features of the software to provide the user the Internet Security he or she requires. The Norton Internet Security Service software provides five layers of protection to users anywhere he or she goes and while doing anything online. It possesses SONAR technology and a 24/7 monitoring tool to detect emerging threats. It is able to stop most malicious files before they can reach the system of the computer through its ultra fast detection layer. As long as the spools.exe file remains active in the background, the user is protected from cybercriminals while he or she emails, chats and surfs over the Internet. As long as the EXE file is running, the Norton Internet Security Service software is working against online threats and not at the expense of the performance of the computer.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Norton Internet Security Service, 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 spools.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 spools.exe, belongs to, in this case Norton Internet Security Service