What is csrss.exe?

csrss.exe is part of Advanced SystemCare 5 and developed by IObit according to the csrss.exe version information.

csrss.exe's description is "Advanced SystemCare 5 "

csrss.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Documents and Settings\USER1\Application Data\Microsoft\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected csrss.exe.

If you have additional information about the file, please share it with the FreeFixer users by posting a comment at the bottom of this page.

Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on csrss.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameAdvanced SystemCare 5
Company nameIObit
File descriptionAdvanced SystemCare 5
CommentsThis installation was built with Inno Setup.
Legal copyrightCopyright© 2005-2012
Product version5.0.0
File version5.0.0.150

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameAdvanced SystemCare 5 ..
Company nameIObit ..
File descriptionAdvanced SystemCare 5 ..
CommentsThis installation was built with Inn..
Legal copyrightCopyright© 2005-2012 ..
Product version5.0.0
File version5.0.0.150

Digital signatures [?]

csrss.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

10 of the 43 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the csrss.exe file. That's a 23% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
AhnLab-V3 Trojan/Win32.VBKrypt
CAT-QuickHeal (Suspicious) - DNAScan
eTrust-Vet Win32/VBKrypt.AM!generic
Kaspersky UDS:DangerousObject.Multi.Generic
McAfee Generic Dropper.acj
McAfee-GW-Edition Generic Dropper.acj
Panda Suspicious file
PCTools Trojan.IRCBot
Sophos Mal/Rimecud-G
Symantec W32.IRCBot.NG!gen5
10 of the 43 anti-virus programs detected the csrss.exe file.

csrss.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove csrss.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the csrss.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that csrss.exe has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:

  1. Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
  2. Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.
    Screenshot of Start Scan button
  3. When the scan is finished, locate csrss.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the csrss.exe file. Do not check any other file for removal unless you are 100% sure you want to delete it. Tip: Press CTRL-F to open up FreeFixer's search dialog to quickly locate csrss.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    C:\Documents and Settings\USER1\Application Data\Microsoft\csrss.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the csrss.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If csrss.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If csrss.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If csrss.exe still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
  8. Restart your computer.
  9. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that csrss.exe no longer appear in the scan result.
Please select the option that best describe your thoughts on the removal instructions given above








Free Questionnaires

Other files also named csrss.exe

csrss.exe (203 votes)

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD54d2185ca644326c9ce2b19bfd82ea22f
SHA2561ba6b1c11bad0f5f42a70956f75bc044d7be3c631a50446afe8b00f980392e5a

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to csrss.exe:

csrss.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

csrss.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

Advanced SystemCare 5 has stopped working.

End Program - csrss.exe. This program is not responding.

csrss.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

csrss.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

What will you do with csrss.exe?

To help other users, please let us know what you will do with csrss.exe:



What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with csrss.exe. 100% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 1 user.

Votes
Keep0 %
0
Remove100 %
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NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with csrss.exe. Only 1 user has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

Comments

Please share with the other users what you think about this file. What does this file do? Is it legitimate or something that your computer is better without? Do you know how it was installed on your system? Did you install it yourself or did it come bundled with some other software? Is it running smoothly or do you get some error message? Any information that will help to document this file is welcome. Thank you for your contributions.

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