What is Zeus Virus?

Zeus Virus (or Zeus Trojan malware) is a form of malicious software that targets Microsoft Windows and is often used to steal financial data. First detected in 2007, the Zeus Trojan, which is often called Zbot, has become one of the most successful pieces of botnet software in the world, afflicting millions of machines and spawning a host of similar pieces of malware built off of its code. While the threat posed by Zeus dwindled when its creator purportedly retired in 2010, a number of variants showed up on the scene when the source code became public, making this particular malware relevant and dangerous once again.

The ILOVEYOU virus comes in an email with “ILOVEYOU” in the subject line and contains an attachment that, when opened, results in the message being re-sent to everyone in the recipient’s Microsoft Outlook address book. Perhaps more seriously, it results in the loss of every JPEG, MP3 and certain other files on all recipients’ hard disks.

The print spooler is a part of the Windows 11 operating system that organizes printing tasks and queues them up for being sent to connected printers or printing services. Errors can occur when the print spooler is overloaded with tasks, is conflicting with other aspects of the operating system, or is simply being affected by a glitch or bug caused by an out-of-date driver, app, or version of Windows 11.