spoolsv.exe wants access to the internet
Monday, December 20, 2004 at 8:01 am
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Posted by Todd
(3 messages posted)
Jerry, I don't see an answer to your question, and I have the same one. Today, ZoneAlarm
tells me that spoolsv.exe wants access to the internet, destination IP: 63.240.76.4.
Why would a print spooler need to go out to the internet? Seems suspicious to me.
Not sure about the IP either. Node name is NS6.attbi.com. Maybe it has to do with
my ISP (Comcast, formerly AT&T Broadband) and they're checking up on me. I guess
I'll deny access and see how it goes. Also, did a search of spoolsv.exe on my pc.
Found 4, all off of the Windows directory (running XP) and scanned them all with
Norton Antivirus. No viruses found.
On Sunday, August 1, 2004 at 10:38 am, Jerry wrote:
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>Ok, spoolsv.exe keeps trying to access the network. I don't have Microsoft Office
>or any kind of printer installed. Where would I find the files that are ready to
>be spooled and why would spoolsv.exe keep trying to access the internet? I've scanned
>my system with Nortons, Ad-Aware 6.0, Spybot 1.3 and Spywareblaster 3.2. Everything
>comes up clean but spoolsv.exe tries to connect to the internet at startup, or at
>least it did until I installed the ZoneAlarm firewall.
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