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Software Removal Tool
From: "species8350"
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 Its for the situation where there is no full tiome AV application is installed on the PC as well if the fulltime AV application is installed but fails to detgect the malware detected by the MS MRT utility. It is a supplement. -- Dave Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.uk http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp |
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Software Removal Tool
From: "Rajath N"
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. Nope. it is already on your PC. One does not have to manually download the utility unless their PC is NOT connected to the Intgermnet and is not getting regular patch Tuesday updates. If you have Windows Vista 32-bit, please download the following file: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/downl...ils.aspx?id=16 If you have Windows Vista 64-bit, please download the following file: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/downl...s.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. What's with all the &#---- code crap ? User-Agent: vBulletin USENET gateway It's ****! Access the Microsoft news groups directly from Usenet and use a NNTP client, not a web b rowser access a so-called web forum. -- Dave Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.uk http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp |
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Software Removal Tool
From: "species8350"
Hi, There appears to be two versions of the programme. One that is designed to run in the background, and the other that is designed to be run manually. Am I correct? Best wishes. 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. -- Dave Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.uk http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp |
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Software Removal Tool
On Friday, September 14, 2012 4:08:58 AM UTC+1, David H. Lipman wrote:
From: "species8350" Hi, There appears to be two versions of the programme. One that is designed to run in the background, and the other that is designed to be run manually. Am I correct? Best wishes. 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. -- Dave Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.uk http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp Thank you. Can you comment on the errors that my logfile reports? Thanks |
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Software Removal Tool
From: "species8350"
Thank you. Can you comment on the errors that my logfile reports? Thanks 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: ---------------- No infection found. Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool Finished On Tue Sep 11 20:53:53 2012 Return code: 0 (0x0) -- Dave Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.uk http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp |
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Software Removal Tool
On Friday, September 14, 2012 12:49:35 PM UTC+1, David H. Lipman wrote:
From: "species8350" Thank you. Can you comment on the errors that my logfile reports? Thanks 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: ---------------- No infection found. Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool Finished On Tue Sep 11 20:53:53 2012 Return code: 0 (0x0) -- Dave Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.uk http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp OK. Best wishes |
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