The csrst.exe process is an executable file that has been identified by the anti-malware tools of many users as a malicious application associated with the Suspect-AK!E59A16F7C9E0 program, which is a family of backdoor rootkits and Trojans known to infect and steal private user details and Internet surfing information from unprotected Windows-based computers with outdated OS security certificates, unencrypted TCP/IP network ports and an unsecured Windows System Registry. Other user groups claim that their system security tools flag the csrst.exe process as a malware item related to a variant of the Win32/Rbot.gen application, which is another family of backdoor rootkits and Trojans reported to be embedded with spyware functionalities. In both cases, these users claim that the csrst.exe malware is capable of creating and injecting keys and entries into the unsecured Windows System Registry of the unprotected computer, especially in systems with missing or outdated OS security certificates, which is performed right after the successful initial placement and activation of the csrst.exe malware in the computer. These users also claim that these registry strings allow the csrst.exe malware to automatically initialize during system startup, to operate as a cloacked background process during system runtime, and to exploit unencrypted TCP/IP network ports of the unprotected system. These operations allow this malware to download more malicious applications unto the system, to receive instructions or directives from remote servers that are said to be managed by the authors of the csrst.exe malware, and to upload stolen private user data and Web browsing information to these remote servers.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. csrst.exe. is used by Suspect-AK!E59A16F7C9E0 Trojan/Backdoor Rootkit and Win32/Rbot.gen Trojan/Backdoor Rootkit, If you shut down csrst.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop csrst.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is Suspect-AK!E59A16F7C9E0 Trojan/Backdoor Rootkit and Win32/Rbot.gen Trojan/Backdoor Rootkit, 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 csrst.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Suspect-AK!E59A16F7C9E0 Trojan/Backdoor Rootkit and Win32/Rbot.gen Trojan/Backdoor Rootkit, 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 csrst.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 csrst.exe, belongs to, in this case Suspect-AK!E59A16F7C9E0 Trojan/Backdoor Rootkit and Win32/Rbot.gen Trojan/Backdoor Rootkit