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are any of these processes known viruses csrss.exe, winlogin.exe

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Posted 27 August 2009 - 03:51 PM

do viruses take these process names?

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Posted 27 August 2009 - 04:20 PM

It is possible. It depends on where they are residing (ie, not in a Windows Directory). Otherwise they are just system files. Search engines are a great source for looking up file names.
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