How to REMOVE "USER DATA\SPOOL.EXE" VIRUS

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What is USER DATA\SPOOL.EXE?

USER DATA\SPOOL.EXE is considered as malicious program (malware).

USER DATA\SPOOL.EXE detected as TROJ.SPOOL.
USER DATA\SPOOL.EXE actively resists detection and employs a number of techniques to ensure that you cannot remove USER DATA\SPOOL.EXE from infected computers.
 

Technical Information:

  • Full path on a computer= %APPDATA%\GOOGLE\CHROME\USER DATA\SPOOL.EXE

How USER DATA\SPOOL.EXE got on your computer?

Phishing is the most common way for malware to infect computers.
It could be a fake email message that appears to be originated from Microsoft Customer Service, eBay, PayPal, Amazon, or even your bank or insurance company.
Fake emails that appear to come from the police, the FBI and other government entities were also reported.

USER DATA\SPOOL.EXE could also infect your computer by exploiting a security vulnerability of your Web browser or one of its plugins.
If this is the case, USER DATA\SPOOL.EXE would be injected into a Web page, and could get to your PC when you visited a malicious or hacked Web site.

USER DATA\SPOOL.EXE can be distributed with legitimate software that is repackaged by the scammers.
It could be downloaded from warez Web sites or download archives.

How do you know you have USER DATA\SPOOL.EXE on my computer?

USER DATA\SPOOL.EXE works in background. It does not appear as a window, does not have a shortcut.
USER DATA\SPOOL.EXE hides its existence from your eyes.

You have 2 ways to remove USER DATA\SPOOL.EXE:

You have 2 ways

Remove it automatically1. Remove Automatically.
Remove it manually2. Remove Manually.

Why I recommend you to use an automatic way?

  1. You know only one virus name: "USER DATA\SPOOL.EXE", but usually you have infected by a bunch of viruses.
    The UnHackMe program detects this threat and all others.
  2. UnHackMe is quite fast! You need only 5 minutes to check your PC.
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Here’s how to remove USER DATA\SPOOL.EXE virus automatically:

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STEP 2: Scan for malware using UnHackMe (1 minute)

STEP 3: Remove USER DATA\SPOOL.EXE virus (3 minutes)

So it was much easier to fix such problem automatically, wasn't it?
That is why I strongly advise you to use UnHackMe for remove USER DATA\SPOOL.EXE redirect or other unwanted software.

How to remove USER DATA\SPOOL.EXE manually:

STEP 1: Check all shortcuts of your browsers on your desktop, taskbar and in the Start menu. Right click on your shortcut and change it's properties.

http://…

You can see USER DATA\SPOOL.EXE or another web site at the end of shortcut target (command line). Remove it and save changes.

In addition, check this command line for fake browser's trick.
For example, if a shortcut points to Google Chrome, it must have the path:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe.
Fake browser may be: …\Appdata\Roaming\HPReyos\ReyosStarter3.exe.
Also the file name may be: “chromium.exe” instead of chrome.exe.

STEP 2: Investigate the list of installed programs and uninstall all unknown recently installed programs.

check installed programs to uninstall

STEP 3: Open Task Manager and close all processes, related to USER DATA\SPOOL.EXE in their description. Discover the directories where such processes start. Search for random or strange file names.

Remove USER DATA\SPOOL.EXE virus from running processes

Remove USER DATA\SPOOL.EXE virus from running processes

STEP 4: Inspect the Windows services. Press Win+R, type in: services.msc and press OK.

Remove USER DATA\SPOOL.EXE virus from Windows services

Remove USER DATA\SPOOL.EXE virus from Windows services

Disable the services with random names or contains USER DATA\SPOOL.EXE in it's name or description.

STEP 5: After that press Win+R, type in: taskschd.msc and press OK to open Windows Task Scheduler.
Remove USER DATA\SPOOL.EXE from scheduled task list.

Delete any task related to USER DATA\SPOOL.EXE. Disable unknown tasks with random names.

STEP 6: Clear the Windows registry from USER DATA\SPOOL.EXE virus.
Press Win+R, type in: regedit.exe and press OK.

Remove USER DATA\SPOOL.EXE virus from Windows registry

Remove USER DATA\SPOOL.EXE virus from Windows registry

Find and delete all keys/values contains USER DATA\SPOOL.EXE.

STEP 7: Remove USER DATA\SPOOL.EXE from Google Chrome.
Remove USER DATA\SPOOL.EXE Virus from Chrome Extensions

STEP 8: Remove USER DATA\SPOOL.EXE from Internet Explorer.

Set Internet Explorer Homepage

Set Internet Explorer Homepage

STEP 9: Remove USER DATA\SPOOL.EXE from Mozilla Firefox.

Change Firefox Home Page

Change Firefox Home Page

STEP 10: And at the end, clear your basket, temporal files, browser's cache.

But if you miss any of these steps and only one part of virus remains – it will come back again immediately or after reboot.

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