Is the Malicious s/w Removal tool part of Win Defender?

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Every so often th Malicious Software Removal update comes with the rest
- KB 890830 (yesterday).

Is this part of the Windows Defender suit of tools, or is it something I
can/should invoke separately?

If it is a stand alone thing - how do I start it?

thanks
 
Hello occam,

The MRT executive file is located in %System Root%\Windows\System32\MRT.exe.
It can be activated most easily in one of three ways;


1)Double click on the MRT.exe icon at home in its System32 Sub folder.

2) Via Start Button and Run ; enter MRT, upper or lower case makes no
difference and click OK.

3) And last of all "my way" Access the MRT.exe icon in System32(see above
if you have forgotten already) right click on the icon and create a
short-cut. Slide the short-cut icon outside the window onto your desktop.

The icon is now at your disposal for running the mini antivirus search. A
word of caution it DOES NOT search inside compressed files or your e-mail
attachments.

And I do love the ICON " A window with soap suds and a sponge" as they say in
france "très drole".

The search is extremely fast certainly less than a minute and easier than
the "Stinger" type searchs ,which take just as long as a normal programme for
a limited number of viruses.

The MRT Search Window is self explanatory but a useful facet is the ability
to connect directly to MS for more information on a particular virus from the
vertical list of viruses.
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In case you didn't know (but I think you do and it is more for those reading
this thread)...

The utility is...
%windir%\system32\MRT.exe

Command line switches...

/? or /HELP = displays the command line switches
/Q = quiet
/N = detect only
/F = force extended scan
/F:Y = force extended scan and automatically clean infected files

The following is the resultant log file...

%windir%\Debug\mrt.log
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The Malicious Software Removal tool is cumulative, and targets
root kits, in particular--everything it targets is really nasty--stuff we
all want stamped out on networks we connect to. The MRT gets run on lots of
systems Windows Defender will never be seen on, I suspect.
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For the benefit of the community reading this post, please rate the pºst.

I hope this post is helpful.

I'm sure you'll get more detailed help from the guys who know a lot more
than me, but I hope this is enough to get you on the right road for nºw.


Ǝиçεl
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Just F.Y.I. - when you install the MRT with the monthly updates, be it
via automatic updates or Microsoft Update, it will not only download and
install, it will also run it. So there is no need to run it manually
after the install, except later on if you think that there is some
infection on your system.
 
Thank you Engel, thank you Pat.

(I thought I had cancelled this message in this thread, to re-post it in
the sister NG (...spyware.general), which looked more approproiate. It
looks like the system is incapable of forgetting anything. )

occam
 
Actually I didn't see your original post (which I thought was strange),
only Engel's response.
 
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