What is csrss.exe?

What is csrss.exe. A search on the internet has brought up the
following web page saying in one paragraph that it is 'registered as a
Trojan.'
Then in another paragraph it says 'The Microsoft Client Server Runtime
Server subsystem'

http://www.liutilities.com/products/...library/csrss/

I don't understand.

Hi James, its a windows host process. For more details, see 'csrss.exe -
What is csrss.exe?'
(http://www.processlibrary.com/directory/files/csrss/)

porn website changed it.
it happened to a guy I worked with years ago.
he had to do all the antivirus cleaning stuff.
try to find the file on your backup dvd or another computer and paste
it in safe mode

James

In what scenario are you getting this error to show. In Vista there is no csrss.exe.
This you will find it in XP and W2K3 only . Apart from that depending in the
scenario it is a Ahlem. A worm otherwise known as csrss.exe

I see this in Task Manager|Processes. When I right clicked
on it and select 'End Process' my system rebooted and displayed
the bad shut down screen. Now I don't have any options when
I right click other than 'Perform Administrative Tasks'
I'm using Vista Home Basic sp1.

I have vista 32 sp1
I show the process 2x

Because "csrss.exe" is a name. Nothing more.
More than one program/file can use that name
Good programs can use that name, such as, for example, a Microsoft Windows
component.
Bad programs can use that name too, such as, for example, a trojan horse
program.

A name means very little. Whether it's in the correct location and properly
"signed" by a legitimate vendor is much more important than what name the
file happens to have.

My Vista Ultimate x86 (32 bit) has the file c:\windows\system32\csrss.exe.
It's been a core component of the Windows desktop since at least Windows
2000. I have also seen references to csrss.exe flagged as a trojan program
on some web-sites. A google search just now reports that only AuditMyPC.com
is reporting it as a virus. Given that AuditMyPC.com doesn't seem to know
that this file is part of Windows, I would strongly advice avoiding this
site.

It's normal

Client Service Runtime Process
http://www.anvir.com/clientserver-ru...m-csrssexe.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Client/...time_Subsystem

As you found out you cannot rely on answers on the newsgroup as gospel. Also
any site that says a name is a Trojan with an offer to download it's
software to fix the problem is a Trojan in itself just trying to sell you
their software.

I just purchased a new laptop from Dell and the disk light is continually
flashing. I looked using "task manager" and this program is responsible for
99% of the disk reads when the system is just sitting there. Can you tell me
what it does and can it be re-configured to reduce the disk reads?