X200s cssauth.exe hogs memory, Start button stopped working

I have an X200s with Win7 64-bit OS and 4 GB RAM. Worked great, until I took it on the road a few days ago.
Now when I boot up I notice that 99% of my 4 GB of RAM is maxed out, and when I check task manager I see the culprit is cssauth.exe, which I think is a password manager, which I do not use. It takes a long time to boot.
Until now, I had NEVER seen more than 39% of RAM in use, according to the desktop widget that monitors processor and RAM usage.
Eventually the RAM usage goes to normal, but when I try to click on the Start button, the Windows hourglass is running, and I cannot do anything. Finally the hourglass will disappear (sometimes it takes over 30 minutes), but neither the Start button or anything else on the taskbar responds to mouse clicks.
I can use any programs that have desktop icons, but I can no longer access the internet.
Because the Start button no longer works, I cannot properly shut the machine down, and have to use the power button or remove the battery.
I was able to run Ad-Aware and Avast anti-virus, and they detect no problems. I also ran both the short and the long version of the hardware test, which is available using the ThinkVantage button, but it sees no problems either.
Running msconfig from safe mode, I cannot find cssauth.exe, so cannot disable it.
Just before I left town, I was having trouble with a new HP printer (that had been working fine for over a month) and tried to uninstall the HP software and drivers.
Any idea what is going on? The last time it worked was last Wednesday when I used it on the public wifi network at Seatac airport. But after I got to SFO, this started happening. At Seatac I didn't do much except check weatherunderground.com and united.com and maybe gmail. I thought maybe a drive-by virus had caused this, but that doesn't seem to be the case.
Any suggestions?

Hi,
yes, you are correct. That one was an typo of me.
The correct name of the application is "Client Security - Password Manager".
To directly answer you question: NO, once you uninstall this applicaiton it will not install himself after the system will reboot.
Please try to do following:
Go to Add/REmove programs and right-click this application and select Modify (if present).
If this option is not present, then please go to www.lenovo.com and dowload the latest version of this application.
Or here is the link to it for Windows 7:
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-73696
Once you have it, then start the .exe and you should see there the option to repair the application.
This is the key, that we are looking for.
Pelase do it and let me know, if this changes anything.
Cheers

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