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Trojan error message

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In addition to this, a Trojan has been designed which shows in the starting of Windows, "csrss.exe is not compatible with Win32 mode." The user or reader of this error message will then surf the net to look this up, and see a few threads which suggests the deletion of csrss.exe, which results in the Blue Screen of Death. A few posts will be seen suggesting other means of dealing with the Trojan, but one should be extremely careful with these posts. It is better to consult an expert before attempting to deal with this error message or Trojan virus.

No citations were provided for this, and the particular error message wording given is unknown to Google, so it's hard to be sure what this might be referring to. But as written this makes no sense. Any malware being executed during Windows startup already has more than enough control of your machine to cause catastrophic damage on its own, and would not need to display confusing error messages to trick you into Googling for instructions to delete a system file. --Saucepan (talk) 01:06, 1 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Csrss.exe can't run in Windows mode - it starts before Windows GUI starts. To fix this problem, ensure that csrss.exe is not listed in MSCONFIG and delete the following file: C:\WINDOWS\csrss.exe —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.172.46.212 (talk) 10:38, 15 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]