re: alg.exe, spoolsv.exe, repeated, is it a virus?
Friday, March 17, 2006 at 12:32 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Larry
(1327 messages posted)
Those files and their locations are valid. The only note I'd make is for the alg.exe
file. That's the Application Layer Gateway service and is not needed if you don't
use internet connection sharing or the Windows firewall. DON'T delete it, just DISABLE
it, and you can save several megs of RAM by not having it startup at boot.
Go to Control Panel>Administrative Tools>Services. Near the top of the list find
that service and double click on it, then in the drop down list in the Startup type
box select Disabled, then click Apply. You can also click the Stop button to terminate
the service immediately, or wait till the next boot for the change to take effect.
On Friday, March 17, 2006 at 7:33 am, mar wrote:
>Hello.....I have read that the alg.exe, spoolsv .exe and vsmon.exe processes, are
>right if they are in this rute:
>windows\system32\, and they are all on this location, but I read that if they appear
>in other locations could be a virus, and yes, they show in other folders
>
> alg.exe shows in:
>
>c:\windows\system32
>c:\windows\$NtServicePackUninstall$
>c:\windows\prefetch
>c:\windows\servicepackfiles\i386
>
> spoolsv.exe shows in:
>
>c:\windows\system32
>c:\windows\$NtServicePackUninstall$
>c:\windows\$NtUninstallkB896423$
>c:\windows\prefetch
>c:\windows\servicepackfiles\i386
>c:\windows\$hf_mig$\KB896423\SP2QFE
>
>and vsmon.exe appears in:
>
>c:\windows\system32 (como vsmonapi.dll)
>c:\windows\prefetch (como vsmon.exe-1609C098.pf)
>c:\windows\prefetch\zonelabs
>c:\archivos de programa\zonelabs\zonealarm\repair
>
>
>is this normal or should I delete it from all files that aren´t system32?
>
>
>Thanks in advance
>
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