What is csrss.exe?

csrss.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\roaming\microsoft\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

csrss.exe does not have any version or vendor information.

Digital signatures [?]

csrss.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

54 of the 65 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the csrss.exe file. That's a 83% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Worm.Generic.52609
AegisLab Troj.W32.Gen.lXx2
AhnLab-V3 Trojan/Win32.Xema.C48928
ALYac Worm.Generic.52609
Antiy-AVL Trojan/Generic.ASVCS3S.170
Arcabit Worm.Generic.DCD81
Avast BV:Agent-AT [Trj]
AVG BV:Agent-AT [Trj]
Avira TR/Drop.Agent.tzb
AVware Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
BitDefender Worm.Generic.52609
ClamAV Legacy.Trojan.Agent-1388589
Comodo TrojWare.Win32.Banker.~AD
Cylance Unsafe
Cyren W32/Worm.UQNJ-6743
DrWeb Trojan.Lucifer.4
Emsisoft Worm.Generic.52609 (B)
Endgame malicious (moderate confidence)
ESET-NOD32 BAT/Autorun.B
F-Prot W32/Worm.AWEQ
F-Secure Worm:W32/Venluci.A
Fortinet BAT/Agent.FO!tr
GData Worm.Generic.52609
Ikarus Trojan.BAT.Agent
Invincea heuristic
Jiangmin Trojan/BAT.if
K7AntiVirus Trojan ( 0004c6121 )
K7GW Trojan ( 0004c6121 )
Kaspersky Trojan.BAT.Agent.fo
MAX malware (ai score=81)
McAfee W32/YahLover.worm.gen
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.PUPXAO.qh
Microsoft Worm:Win32/Mevon.A
MicroWorld-eScan Worm.Generic.52609
NANO-Antivirus Trojan.Win32.Netstop.cwnfro
Panda Generic Malware
Qihoo-360 Malware.Radar01.Gen
Rising Malware.Heuristic!ET#86% (RDM+:cmRtazqyaRN2kO+y0MyCZYmr25oE)
Sophos W32/Juego-B
Symantec W32.SillyP2P
Tencent Win32.Trojan.Genome.Htvq
TheHacker Trojan/LucifeR.666
TotalDefense Win32/SillyAutorun.SZ
TrendMicro WORM_ZROE.A
TrendMicro-HouseCall WORM_ZROE.A
VBA32 Trojan.BAT.Agent
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
ViRobot Trojan.Win32.Agent.55296.E
Webroot Worm:Win32/Mevon.A
WhiteArmor Malware.HighConfidence
Yandex Worm.Mevon!lB4/MADoUt0
Zillya Trojan.Agent.Win32.5130
ZoneAlarm Trojan.BAT.Agent.fo
Zoner Trojan.Generic
54 of the 65 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:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\roaming\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

Filename variants

csrss.exe may also use other filenames. The most common variants are listed below:

Folder name variants

csrss.exe may also be located in other folders than c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\roaming\microsoft\. The most common variants are listed below:

Other files also named csrss.exe

csrss.exe (197 votes)

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD59e06afaa9e676dcda45ebce69aa2e7f1
SHA256d656e85f603b2c496fc9a759164d89cdf84ec2a6db79e4292acc55e1f247bde8

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.

csrss.exe 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.

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