From: "species8350 said:Update has just downloaded the latest Microsoft Malicious Software Removeal Tool.
I understand that this tool runs in the background.
Do I need to enable it? If so, how can I do this?
Thanks
From: "species8350" <>
It is downloaded every month on Patch Tuesday. It is an "On Demand" anti malware utility,
with no "On Access" scanning capability, and is executed automatically in a Quick Scan
mode and does not need user intervention.
You may wish to run it manually such as in its Full Scan mode.
For a list of command line switches just execute; MRT /?
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Dave
Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.uk
http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp
David said:Yes to both. Albeit you can just use it from the Start Menu --> Run
facility.
MRT.EXE creates a LOG which is appended each run.
%windir%\debug\mrt.log
From: "species8350" <>
Yes to both. Albeit you can just use it from the Start Menu --> Run
facility.
MRT.EXE creates a LOG which is appended each run.
%windir%\debug\mrt.log
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Dave
Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.uk
http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp
Thanks for the information.
I was wondering how useful the tool is.
If a system gets infected then good antivirus programmes should clean the disk!
If I try mrt, to see how it works,should I be prepared for a long wait.?
Best wishes.
A
Hi species8350,
Yes, the Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool runs in the
background automatically. Microsoft releases monthly update patches for
the tool on the second Tuesday via Windows Updates.
To manually run the Malicious Software Removal Tool, you have to
manually download the tool on your computer.
If you have Windows Vista 32-bit, please download the following file:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=16
If you have Windows Vista 64-bit, please download the following file:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=9905
After installing the software, please follow the steps provided below:
1. Click “Start” and type “mrt.exe” and press
“Enter.”
2. If prompted by “User Account Control”, click on
“Continue.”
3. The Malicious Software Removal Tool windows will open.
4. Click on the “Next” button.
5. Select the scan that you would like to run and click on "Next."
6. The tool will start the scan and will display the results when the
scan completes.
7. You can close the window by clicking on “Finish.”
Please reply to this message if you need further information.
From: "species8350" <>
No. Incorrect. It ONLY runs invisibly when it is downloaded and executed
each patch Tuesday.
To " run in the background" infers that that this is a full time anti virus
application that performs "On Access" scanning and that is NOT true. I'll
state it one morte time. it is ONLY an "On Demand" scanner.
On Demand - An anti malware scanner that scans mediam, a file or folder
based upon a direct request.
On Access - An anti malware scanner that scans files and data streams while
the data is written to or read from media.
Now here's where the benefit of a secondary On Demand scanner comes in when
one has a full installed anti virus solution providing "On Access" scanning.
Let's say that one has Kaspersky anti virus software installed and it is
September 2012 Patch Tuesday. The MRT for 9/2012 will be downloaded and
executed. As the MRT scans specific areas of the hard disk (unless you
provide it the command line switch for a "Full Scan" it scans a limited area
of the system only) it is opening files on an "On Demand" basis and is
scanning them based upon signatures of malware known by the MRT. As the MRT
opens each file, Kaspersky performs an "On access" scan of the file and then
MRT scans the file. Thus you get the benefit of two different anti malware
vendors scanning the file using dissimilar signatures but both with the same
goal. The disadvatage is the latency of the overall scanning time
introduced by two anti malware scanners opening and scanning the files.
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Dave
Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.uk
http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp
From: "species8350 said:Thank you.
Can you comment on the errors that my logfile reports?
Thanks
From: "species8350" <>
Nope. I have errors in my logs on multiple computers.
From the PC responding to this post...
Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool v4.12, September 2012
Started On Tue Sep 11 20:50:32 2012
->Scan ERROR: resource service://Iomega Activity Disk2 (code 0x0000054F (1359))
Results Summary:
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No infection found.
Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool Finished On Tue Sep 11 20:53:53 2012
Return code: 0 (0x0)
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Dave
Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.uk
http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp