Re: Alerting - Malicious software removal tool

In article <uwkFVfmUJHA.2644@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
richardurbanREMOVETHIS@xxxxxxxxxxx says...
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But, it has to be backward compatible with the software available TODAY.

No, it doesn't - if they promised as secure a platform as most Linux
systems while having support for the top 10% of applications, people
would snap it up like hotcakes.

What I keep stressing about MRT is that it goes only after specific
targets - those that Microsoft considers the most pervasive. SO, if you have
two from the list on your computer, and 14 others, the 14 will not be
touched. How does that make the M/S Malicious Removal Tool "not worthy"? It
has done what it is purported to do. And looking at the numbers, it has
removed a hell of a lot of infections (while leaving those that it does not
target).

And my comment was the it's not taken seriously as a viable tool in
cleaning malware off machines by most of the anti-malware community -
for the exact reason you state - it only targets a limited amount of
malware.

How is that hard to understand.

It's not, that's why I made my statement about it not being a respected
tool. It's just another crap-shoot in the dark that most people don't
even know is running. The only reason it's done as many removals as it
has is because it's downloaded each update cycle.

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