Re: Alerting - Malicious software removal tool

In article <uaOjAilUJHA.1164@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
richardurbanREMOVETHIS@xxxxxxxxxxx says...
Why do you keep referring to "completely clean their machine"?

There is no ONE program that will do such. If there is - PLEASE - point all
of us to it. We would much appreciate it.

Why would you expect the Microsoft Malicious Removal Tool to be able to do
what other anti malware programs can not do?

Be reasonable and allow that it is/should be a part of a layered anti
malware approach and that what it does it does good!

I keep bringing it up because someone keeps mentioning how good MSRT is,
but they can't provide any real data to prove that the MSRT is of any
real value.

If I provide a tool that removes 1% of malware from machines, that tool
reports back that it removed some malware, and I post that my tool has
removed malware from 8 billion machines, what does it appear that I'm
trying to do? I'm trying to sell you on the idea that my tool cleaned 8
billion machines - at least if you're jut following hype.

So, if 8 billion machines that the "tool" was run on, that means that
99% of malware remained, stealing personal data, spamming networks,
spreading, etc....

(NOTE: 8 Billion was my made up number and has not been suggested by
anyone)

As for "Why" should I expect something from MS that will clean my
machine? Well, to be honest, I don't and have yet to see anything
positive in this area from MS. Yes, I see political type posturing, but
nothing that could be considered a "Great" tool for removing malware.

Take the top 10 FREE anti-malware tools, take 10 infected machines,
compromised with 100+ different nasties, run the top 10 against the
MSRT.... Do you think that the MSRT will do a better job than any of the
10?

I believe that MS has the power and capability to properly secure the OS
against 99.999999% of the threats we see on a daily basis, that they can
do it while still allowing our applications to operate properly (for the
most part), but that they have no real interest in doing so.


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