Re: Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool?

Thanks Dave! I think I may be okay without it and I'll see if I can turn off
the notifications about it in Windows Updates.

Thanks!
TN

"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message
news:O%230qObO%23FHA.4012@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> From: "TNorth" <tnorth99@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> | Thoughts and opinions on the Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool
please?
> | Is anyone using it? Are there problems with it?
> |
> | I run NAV 2006 one full scan a week plus "short" scans every other day,
> | Ad-Aware SE weekly, and Ewido weekly. Do I need this MS tool as well?
> |
> | Once it is installed - does it always run or is it a one-shot deal each
> | month?
> |
> | Any thoughts or ideas appreciated!
> |
> | Thanks!
> | TN
> |
>
> MRT is a "On Demand" virus scanner that targets mostly Internet Worms but
also a few Trojans
> and now it is reported the the Sony DRM RootKit. It runs only when asked
to run.
>
> It is available to Win2K, WinXP and Win2003 Server platforms via the
Windows Update web site
> on a period basis. It is also available via download
>
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ad724ae0-e72d-4f54-9ab3-75b8eb148356&displaylang=en
>
> 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
>
> There have been issues where it draws a high CPU utilization on some
platforms (not many).
> Matt Braverman, Microsoft, looked into this problem and it was supposed to
have been fixed
> but there is anecdotal information in News Groups that there still may a
problem.
>
> --
> Dave
> http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
> http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm
>
>


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