Re: one-time permanent blocking of MRT
- From: "Ben M. Schorr - MVP (OneNote)" <bens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:39:04 +0000
Well, personally I think it's foolish to worry about it and sort of arrogant to assume that any machine connected to a network (especially the Internet) could never get infected. I've never been hit by a bus but I still stop and look both ways before crossing the street.
However, if it's really that important to you why not write a script that deletes the file and use Scheduled Tasks to execute it every 2nd Wednesday.
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-Ben-
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"Costin Gusa" <CostinGusa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:DEA0BD0A-DA75-4CDE-ABC4-D1A6E08DB0B2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx:
Hi Steve,
I would understand and tolerate the tool if it had deleted itself.
However, I do get irritated everytime I run Spacemonger (free tool) to check
who's eating my/(other peoples') disk space and always find MRT.EXE sitting
there in %SystemRoot%\System32...
Could you (or you all other reading this thread) check your and a couple of
your friends' computers for the presence of %SystemRoot%\System32\MRT.EXE ?
Many thanks,
Costin
"Steve Riley [MSFT]" wrote:
> I can understand the desire to be in control of the software that you run on
> your computer, but in this particular case I'd ask that you not worry about
> the MSRT. It installs with each monthly update, runs the next time you
> reboot, then deletes itself. Worldwide the tool has executed over two
> billion times and has removed about 60 million infections from 25 million
> computers. So while it's admirable that you're practicing safe computing and
> have avoided malware, we believe that one way to help reduce everyone's
> exposure is to have a consistent, repeatable scan for some of the most
> dangerous stuff happen automatically. Think of it as a public service for
> all computers running Windows.
>
> --
> Steve Riley
> steve.riley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> http://blogs.technet.com/steriley
> http://www.protectyourwindowsnetwork.com
>
>
>
> "Costin Gusa" <Costin Gusa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:5BCC64B2-8E3B-4604-BB55-49FD75B98D17@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Does anyone know how to permanently decline installation of Malware
> > Removal
> > Tool ? In 15 years of computer use I have never been infected and I don't
> > need the MRT to be offered as an update. If i click 'don't show this
> > update
> > again', it will dissapear, but it will prompt me to install the previous'
> > month MRT, and then I would have to repeat this for all months since MRT
> > has
> > been released. I want to decline this tool ONCE and FOREVER!
> > No, disabling automatic updates is not an option.
> > And no, using WSUS for a approving updates for a single home computer is
> > also not an option.
>
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