Many users claim that their system security tools flag the csrss32.exe process as a malicious application associated with variants and components of certain Trojans and backdoor rootkits that are added to the system by the AGOBOT/GAOBOT and AGOBOT-HC applications, which are families of worms known to infect unprotected Windows-based systems with outdated OS security certificates, unencrypted TCP/IP network ports and an unsecured Windows System Registry. Other users reported that the csrss32.exe process is classified by their anti-malware tools as a malware item related to certain variants of Trojans known to be added by the AGOBOT-JI program, which is another family of worms. Both user groups claim that the csrss32.exe malware is capable of creating and injecting keys and entries into the unsecured Windows System Registry of the unprotected computer upon its successful placement and activation, and these registry strings are said to allow the csrss32.exe malware to automatically initialize during system startup and to operate as a cloacked background process during system runtime, often appearing in the Processes tab of the Windows Task Manager as "System Log Event", "Microsoft Update Service" or "Microsoft CSRSS32 Protocol". These same users also state that the csrss32.exe process is capable of exploiting and using unencrypted TCP/IP network ports of the unprotected computer to contact predesignated remote servers and to download more malicious programs unto the system from these remote servers, which are said to be managed by the authors of the csrss32.exe malware.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. csrss32.exe. is used by AGOBOT/GAOBOT Worm/Trojan and AGOBOT-HC Trojan/Worm and AGOBOT-JI Trojan/Worm, If you shut down csrss32.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop csrss32.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is AGOBOT/GAOBOT Worm/Trojan and AGOBOT-HC Trojan/Worm and AGOBOT-JI Trojan/Worm, from your system.

After uninstalling applications it is a good idea to scan you Windows registry for any left over traces of applications. Registry Reviver by ReviverSoft is a great tool for doing this.

The ReviverSoft experts have not yet reviewed csrss32.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as AGOBOT/GAOBOT Worm/Trojan and AGOBOT-HC Trojan/Worm and AGOBOT-JI Trojan/Worm, or your operating system that is responsible for running in functions of that application. Some application require that they have processes running all the time so they can do things such as check for updates or notify you when you get an instant message. Some poorly written applications have many processes that run that may not be required and take up valuable processing power within your computer.

We have not received any complaint about this process having higher than normal impact on PC performance. If you have had bad experiences with it please let us know in a comment below and we will investigate it further.

The first thing you should do if csrss32.exe. is causing errors on your computer is to run a Windows registry scan with Registry Reviver If you are still seeing errors after this you should uninstall the program that csrss32.exe, belongs to, in this case AGOBOT/GAOBOT Worm/Trojan and AGOBOT-HC Trojan/Worm and AGOBOT-JI Trojan/Worm