| All comments about lexpps.exe: |
 Frank Allegretta | Lexmark printer driver/ for networking to local printers See also: Link |
| | lexmark drucker datei |
| | Drucker Treiber See also: Link |
 NetworkCharles | did not uninstall when I deleted Lexmark printer |
 kdun | The file LEXPPS.EXE began trying to act as a server on my computer after hooking up a freebe dell printer that came with the computer Do not know what it does other then to say it's not trying to do anything I need. I think I will kill it .. just to make certain it's not spyware. |
| | Lexmark printer driver. Delete/uninstall with caution as it can be impossible to print without it |
| | probes fierwall for acess to the net |
| Ophir Blum | Process File: lexpps or lexpps.exe, Process Name: Lexmark Printer Sharing |
 Mr William Anker | Viral trojan with a twist |
| greg | Lexmark printer driver |
| | printer driver |
| Inge | File is also used by Dell printers |
| allmighty | we have a lexmark |
 wizard | Lexmark printer driver; do not delete, but deny access to the net, just in case... |
| Ishmael Rufus | causes Mozilla/Firefox to lock up on the Intel 3.0EGhz with HT support. Have windows firewall block infromation sent from this process. |
| Jaz | This file began continuiously trying to act as a server on my machine after installing the software for my Lexmark printer. It doesn't seem to affect anything when my firewall stops it dead in it's track. It usually get triggered when I open a Microsoft's Office application. |
| ray | it shows up even in safe mode while I am running my antivirus "antivir" and often locks up the antivirus if it shows up. doesn't load on start, shows up out of blue and even if no printer attached. I know is a driver for my lexmark x75 printer... but acts od. a USB printer driver SHOULDN'T be running in safe mode with no printer attached and no files loaded but an antivirus. this thing HAS to be some sort of virus, but printer won't work without it. |
| Davide | zone alarm signal this file, i don't kwon but i don't think is dangerous |
| bibix | this file is hooked by very different IPs (Korea, LatinAmerica,...) to access PC; seems to be useable for P2P access |
| My Goodness | I don't know much about this file, but I'm figuring it out. It tried to gain access throught the Internet, but my firewall caght it. I blocked the access & I'm not sure if thast was the right thing to do. All I know is if it is linked to my Lexmark printer it's new to me because it never had to do that before. |
| Milo | I do not have lexmark printer and never had one. How did this get in my PC? |
| dcmiller | I have disabled this process and have had NO problems. I believe it is for NETWORK printing only. |
| Russ | Randamly access net but I stopped - came with my Dell computer |
| gg | showed up after the dell freebe prenter (damn dell sucks!). although microsoft lists the process "lexbce.exe" as something that can hang your system, i found that i cant turn off the process because during the instalation in connected itself to the print spooler process. now if i disable the lex service the print spooler wont start... not sure yet how to seperate the two, although i do always block it in the firewall and i've had no adverse effects- even able to print. regardless dell sucks! never again dell. |
| Jessica | My Firewall Caught this and I am blocking it because I dont have and have never had a LexMark printer but I do have the freebe Dell printer. I cant understand why I would even need this becaus everything has been running fine so I imagine this to be un neccessary. I am guessing there are different lexPPS.EXE files and some could be harmless but I doubt mine is. |
| Tony | LEXPPS.EXE is a driver for the Lexmark printer.. the thing that has me puzzled is that I don't remember ever having this ZoneAlarm Security Prompt pop-up in the past 2 years since this comp was new. The printer has always worked before, and what makes this strange is that I wasn't attempting to print anything either. Is this program for up-dating the printer? See also: Link |
 gg | ok, check out link below to get it out. requires modifying the reg. i've done it in xp srvc2 and have no troubles with printing or anything else so far... bastards! who asked them to tie it to my print spooler service? all dell connected... never again dell! bastards... like "dell my way"... all you dell owners know what i'm talking about... See also: Link |
| ?? | i found it was trying to transmit data from my machine. It came up when i installed a freebie dell printer i got. I terminated it with no problems to my printer. |
| bauble | I have a lexmark and although i have removed it fromstart up it always gets back in it. Its in process list when i dont have printer attatched. |
| Luke | The file is used for printer sharing over a network. Deny it access to the internet if you use zone alarm. |
| cw | In an environment where the user prints between workstations on the network (typically referred to as a peer-to-peer printing environment), Lexmark software provides each user with status information on the remote printer - for example, whether the printer is ready to print, is out of paper, has a paper jam... To do this, Lexmark uses only standard mechanisms provided by the Windows operating system to pass information between workstations. Important! These workstations are exchanging only printer status information, and the information is never transmitted over the Internet or sent to Lexmark See also: Link |
| jacq | I have a lexmark printer no trouble at all untill my McAfee froze everything untill I either gave access to this lexpps.exe. Doesnt seem to have done anything yet. Will keep you posted. I hope. |
| dfister | I am suspicious about this file because I don't have a Lexmark printer and it just today requested access to my registry to be one of my startup programs. |
| Bob | This file has nothing to do with Lexmark printer i have never owned one its viral/spyware. block it from accessing internet. |
| mr. carlin | my firewall caught this (freebie dell printer) - i denied access (i'm on a home network) i guess we'll see what happens |
| Kidtamer | Lexpps is blocked by Windows firewall and N.P.Firewall. It definately came with Dell computer. |
| Paul | I have it and i also have a lexmark printer. |
| M@verick | korrekter Druckertreiber |
| rolfmao | this file is crap! |
| serge | Why do I have to run this exe if I do not share my printer ? why Lexmark does not tell me that they need my contribution to their expension ? |
| Jens | Stays on your machine when you remove lexmark software. Gets in your way when you try to install new HP-printer. Can't be removed. Damn nuicance :-( |
| Patricia | I have gone thru all my files looking for Lexpps.exe and it is not to be found. I just deny its existance when ZoneAlarm alerts me to its wanting to act as my server. Thanks to Zone Alarm, I can deny several things I didn't know was going on, like, Yahoo monitoring my mouse and key strokes.....WHOA! Now I can control this mania.....Wooo! |
| | not much It just started showing up today I don't have a lexmark and have had this computer for 2 years. Why is it trying to go to the internet. I am going to block access I wonder if I have problems if I can reinstate it? |
| Andre | This is not a malware or spyware whatsoever. Dell printers are lexmark printers. This file usually runs if it detects any kind of server in your computer running, like apache or windows server. If you dont intend to network your printer you can then kill this file. however you should not uninstall it |
| T Rosborough | Lexmark print sharing utility makes sense to me. I just recently networked my printer. |
| Ellie | This application appeared after we downloaded a driver for the Compaq A1500. I allowed it. I think It has a virus attached. My computer now turns off without warning.and desktop icons jump to huge. Have had computer repaired but the printer was reloaded the problems began again. |
| Fritz | I don't have Lexmark Hardware but this have windows firewall block infromation sent from this process. |
| mark | its related to networking.works behind the scenes.do not delete it.rather change the name to LEXPPS.EXE.OLD it can be found in C drive, windows ,sytem 32.my computer was shutting down for no reason.thought it was a overclocking issue.tried installing a PSU with a higher power output.tried reinstalling windows.found the little shit running in the background trying to access the www. found a link that i dont have anymore that reported that lots of people were having problems with this application.THANKS LEXMARK |
| Simon | My printer does NOT need to talk with the outside world i am sure of that. If firewall flags any attempts my advice would be to hit the "Deny" button. I may be wrong but my Dell (Lexmark) isnt even connected to my computer and this exe keeps popping up. I don't fancy it one bit. Do a CTRL-ALT-DEL and end the process, post the results here |
| T3RM1N4L | Key hook (keylogger) |
| CMH | May have spyware with the same name but seems to be linked with Lexmark or Dell Printers. |
| duckman | lexmark service printer driver. Dell Inkjet printer are lemarks printers. Service drivers are the same. Donīt uninstall or your printer won't work. |
| Briack | This file kept getting caught running when I was turning on my computer. I have a Lexmark 3-in-1 printer and a network, but haven't gotten network printing set-up/cared to do so, so I just blocked its access to the internet (only found it after getting McAfee Security Center) |
| d.b | I've had this dell inspiron laptop since xmas 05'', windows just alerted me lexpps was trying to connect to the internet. Windows firewall will block and you can enable if you wish to share files with another computer on the net. |
| D F | Agree iy seems associated with Lexmark printer but concerned as it triggers even without printer being connected |
| Jason | it access my pc (which use broadband), try to access a local port 1025 (from 61.15.136.202(oversea) port 3400 |
| BOBO | LEXPPS.EXE came when my Dell prompted me to udate my driver for my free Dell printer I have, ZONE ALARM brought it to my attention and after reading everyone's response on what they know this is the conclusion I have came to. I has denied it to access the internet and alowed it and I have seen no difference. |
| Jay | Lexmark makes all printers for Dell. E.g. you can use Lexmark ink cartridges with "Dell" printer. And of course the drivers are same. |
| Jaxs | Zone Lab's Zone Alarm caught this file acting as a server, if you leave it on your system be sure to block all internet access to or from it!!! |
| Lee | system became sluggish and disk i/o during idle times. Used fport to see this exe active. Killed task and renamed in place. printer (dell) still works so that makes me more suspious. files details indicate LEXMARK - Dell brands EVERYTING! my vote is spyware |
| Joe Hepperle | If you do not want peer-to-peer support, Search for the files LEXPPS and LEXP2P32. Delete all copies that are retrieved. Restart the PC. |
| darrell | The file LEXPPS.EXE began trying to act as a server on my computer after installing a free dell printer that came with the computer i bought. |
| Wing Zero | I do own a lexmark printer, and my firewall told me that lexpps.exe is trying to act as a server, which seems absolutely unnecessary, after doing a search, it found 3 lexpps.exe, all under system32 folder and driver sub folders, although I'm hesitant to delete it but I never let it touch the internet. |
| Jamie | This application popped up. I denied it, because I have never owned a lexmark printer, I have a dell, so I see no need for it. When it popped up it said it was trying to act as a "server". weird. |
| b_sohns | Standard-Datei von Lexmark Printer |
| English | after I removed it, my HP printer didn't work. I have never had a Lexmark, so why does it affect HP psc2450 printer? |
| JoJo Gunn | It'll keep IE or Firefox or Mozilla Suite from connecting on the first try from startup or restart (on dialup, at least). Kill it with Control Alt Delete first thing and browsers will load up normally. It's not a virus, but just a very poorly written file. |
| charlie | tried to access internet as a server file comp;ete;y out of the blue whilst I had IE running. Found three copies in addition to a prefetch 2,pf file. deleted them all and my lexmark printer still seems to work OK |
| Tim the Toolman | obtained information from Lexmark. This file is used for peer to peer networking and is legitimate. If you don't need to use peer-to-peer, it can be deleted along with lexp2p32.dll. |
| greg | Lexmark driver for network printing. I had this and my firewall kept blocking the access to the web. I fixed the problem by changing the name from LEXPPS.EXE to LEXPPSOLD and my problem was solved |
| Hanz & Franz | The Dell freebe is a Lexmark in a Dell skin. Mine tries to get internet access whenever my ink cartridges are low. Windows firewall has never notified me but AVG firewall stops it everytime with no bad side effects so far |
| Matt | Virus. If you don't have a lexmark printer, and this suspiciously appeared, get rid of it. Virus often coupled with disabling of task manager and regedit. Remove this from your registry asap. |
| Craig | This is a Lexmark network printer driver/port scanner. If you own one of the many manufacturer printers built by Lexmark (such as some Dell printers) this driver will be installed by default. It is not necessary for the proper functionality of your printer unless you want to use Windows printer sharing to share the printer over a Windows peer-2-peer network. Unless there is some trojan out there spoofing it's name it is completely harmless. |
| Al | Deinstalling is easy: First find it with regedit and delete all lexmark entries, then startup windows in the secure mode and you can delete the files in the directory windows\system32! You should delete all files starting with lex... lexpps.exe and lexbce.exe. That should do the trick! |
| | this file has been showing up with LEXBCES.EXE and IEXPLORE.EXE, i know that the IEXPLORE.EXE is a viruse because i have reciently removed internet exlporer from my computer, i dont know how to remove them but i have been trying, also i have 2 extra svchost.exe and a spoolsv.exe that i dont think i had before |
| Paul Bajaron-Nawlins | Had Lexmark Printer for a few years and never noticed this file until around the time I setup my computers to network. Never had any problems with it and from what I have read here, I doubt seriously that it is spyware, virus etc. I would leave it especially if you have Lexmark printer. |
| Peter | Prevented Norton Antivirus downloading updates. Had to re-install |
| Ceven | It wanted to access the internet, but windows firewall blocked it. I dont have a printer hooked up but 2 years ago I used the free printer shipped with this laptop. |
| Otilia | This file installed itself as a process about an year after I installed my printer. I didn't change anything in my computer so that shouldn't happen. |
| geoff | I have tried to change this LEXPPS.EXE to LEXPPS.EXE.OLD in windows32 and found that i couldn't print on my lexmark printer. so now i just block it with my firewall. its nothing dangerous but a pain it is. |
| | Its the main printer driver and sharing program. It shares your printers and the other printers on your LAN. Its perfectly safe, and trys to access the internet/network to search for other printers. |
| | never a dell again however when non microsoft EXE file trys to act as s server program it makes me cautious. I know it is a printer sharing program but leaving a back door to an open port for hacks to gain acess to I.D. info to or on your wireless net even with the fire wall installed. regedit is the best way to get rid of this nasty little dell file or lexmark it's like an open marker for unfriendly visits! |
| Seref Unal | The oddest thing about this file is it automatically installed when you install Windows. I have never understood the reason why? Hasn't Windows it's own driver to do this work? |
| Henri, Montreal | I did have lexpps.exe in Task manager. Didn't notice if it got installed with Lexmark printer, but this the second new printer from Lexmark, and neither of them work. Tried to reinstall, but Lexmark will tell you to uninstall before you attempt to reinstall their printer. Have noticed this file appear in McAfee Personal Firewall Plus in Internet Applications. McAfee allowed it because they claim to know the apllication. |
| mintofacto | I am quite aware of the lexpps problem. I use zone alarm, and whenever i turn on my computer the lexpps is trying to act as a server. After numerous times of telling zone alarm to deny it, it still prompts for access after restart or reboot. I am going to find out how to deactivate this function, and as soon as i know how, i will share the information with the people concerned on this site. Thank you. |
| duck | If you own a Dell Printer then you will have this load up..since Lexmark makes a majority of Dell's stuff. |
| Brandon | I had a message from my fire wall asking if i wanted to allow lexpps access, i denied it and removed it from my exemptions list, and then i thought about it and i didn't even put it there, suspect! and this all comes about after i get an e-mail from my own e-mail address i never sent, messed with my head, thanks for having this forum to confirm my suspicions!! |
| Avery | It is just a way to use your printer in a network situation. It is harmless. For you who don't agree, do a yahoo search on it and you will see. I included the link to what I found in my search. Again, it is not dangerous, as all of you who had your virus scan pop up with it know, it is a low risk. However, for you that worry, just select block all ports. You most likely aren't on a network anyway. I ranked It neutral because anything can be dangerous if you don't respond to it in the manner that is best for your computer & personal situation. |
| | Safe, but old version have been known to cause problems. This file, from what i have seen, is not very helpful. You delete it then lexmark will still work for you on your computer. Plus, uninstalling the printer will not get rid of this file. Some people say that many trojans use this file but i've seen no proof. |
| Ruth | lexmark driver makes spooler dependant on itself, a command to fix the dependancies is given at the link as "sc config spooler depend= RPCSS" See also: Link |
| Wes | My internet was compromised, and this was the only process i could find that was unusual. my facebook, myspace, and hotmail were all hacked and passwords changed. i'm wondering if it's what t3rm1n4l called it, a keylogger that someone is using to get my information. |
| Jeff | Popped up after connecting Dell A940 all in one |
| Paul | Lexmark is a major producer and supplier of printers to Dell. The printer driver software loaded onto Dell computers installs this driver automatically. The best advice is to let your firewall deny internet access. If you are not troubled by it, go to bed tonight and rest comfortably, |
| | The difference between Lexmark & Dell is a badge, no more than that. Do you really think that just because you've got a different badge, you've got different software? Allow me to disabuse you of this notion. |
| DBPbear | I know if I delete it that I can't print anything. I have an HP Pavilion dv4000 running XP. I use OKI, HP and Panasonic printers - no Lexmark or Dell - but my system needs this file or the other printers won't work |
| DC | Don't know much about the file. I do have a Lexmark printer Z715; however this printer has been installed for about a year and just now is when I get this message from Windows Firewall asking about this file. Doesn't make much sense to me, so I asked the Firewall to block it. |
| B | This isn't a viurs if you search, it will come up with your printers driver. Its harmless, my printer wouldn't work without it. |
| superdude | This is affiliated with dell and lexmark printers. Its nothing to worry about. If you allow access it may leave your computer vulnerable, but you are mostly safe. |
| Nick | Associated with Lexmark. Alert pops up from AVG Firewall. Why would a printer ask for a connection to the internet (I asked myself). So I denied it. Always following comes an alert for "TCP/IP" asking for access. I allowed that. Not sure if I'm wrong but I know a Trojon Virus can jump from program to program, hiding it's location!!! |
| Mario | not much; but I do not like this type of uncontrolled files |
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