I use windows xp... in the toolbar I have PC tools spyware doctor, Avast anti virus pro and Outpost firewall pro... I also have registry mechanic and uniblue registry booster to hand...

recently my pc has been showing a box saying that says something about generic host processor has an error, doesnt matter if i press 'send' or 'dont send' within a few minutes my task bar and start menu revert back the windows 98 style and i have no option allowing me to change it back. also after this i lose all sound that is coming from the net, 'youtube, radio, etc.'... i have run all my anti spyware, anti virus, everything but the report always come back clean... also theere is something from the outside constantly trying to connect itself to some file csrss.exe in my system 32 folder... i have been told this is safe but i dunnom cos i aint never seen it before... Also when i search google despite the link i am looking for i end up redirected to some abstract site nothing to do with my search almost 75% of the time and have to manually copty the address myself...

i aint no whizz but to me it sounds like spyware or virus but all my checks come back clean... shed some light on this for me please

Try a System Restore to before this started happening, see if that fixes it.

Originally Posted by miz

I use windows xp... in the toolbar I have PC tools spyware doctor, Avast anti virus pro and Outpost firewall pro... I also have registry mechanic and uniblue registry booster to hand...

recently my pc has been showing a box saying that says something about generic host processor has an error, doesnt matter if i press 'send' or 'dont send' within a few minutes my task bar and start menu revert back the windows 98 style and i have no option allowing me to change it back. also after this i lose all sound that is coming from the net, 'youtube, radio, etc.'... i have run all my anti spyware, anti virus, everything but the report always come back clean... also theere is something from the outside constantly trying to connect itself to some file csrss.exe in my system 32 folder... i have been told this is safe but i dunnom cos i aint never seen it before... Also when i search google despite the link i am looking for i end up redirected to some abstract site nothing to do with my search almost 75% of the time and have to manually copty the address myself...

i aint no whizz but to me it sounds like spyware or virus but all my checks come back clean... shed some light on this for me please

Hi miz

If Ztrucker's suggestions doesn't work could you post the exact message with all its details.
Could you also tell us what you are doing when this occurs.
Every win32 computer has a process csrss.exe running. It is a critical part of windows
So shouldn't be terminated.
The unusual occurrences do suggest a possible malware/virus problem.
If you have reason to suspect this I would start a fresh post here
Spyware, Adware, Viruses and HijackThis Logs - D-A-L Computer Help
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Jim