spoolsv.exe

[steve]

This process is draining ALL cpu resources. It's running
at 99% and making it virtually impossible to open any
applications. If I end the process, everything is fine
but the process always seems to start itself back up and
hogging all my resources.

what gives?

[Lem]

steve wrote:

> This process is draining ALL cpu resources. It's running
> at 99% and making it virtually impossible to open any
> applications. If I end the process, everything is fine
> but the process always seems to start itself back up and
> hogging all my resources.
>
> what gives?

Do you have a recent (2002 or newer) version of an antivirus program
that has been updated with current definitions? If not, get one now and
run it, preferably in Safe Mode. See, e.g.,
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/backdoor.ciadoor.b.html