Re: Malicious Sorftware Removal Tool


"Malke" <notreally@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Jack Gillis wrote:

I am a bit confused about removing the subject tool. A Google Group
search
produces, to me, conflicting answers. Some discussions say that the
tool is never installed on my computer if run from the web site and
others say
that MRT.EXE is left in the System32 folder. Sure enough I have it
there and also its log in the Debug folder.

Is it possible to remove the tool from the system? I can't find it in
the Add/Remove programs list.

Thank you.

When using Windows Updates or Automatic Updates, it will automatically
run and you will not get any feedback whatsoever, it runs in quiet mode
and then it just deletes itself. After it is finished, it writes the
result to a log file.

OK, but why is MRT.EXE still in my Windows/System32 folder? I don't recall
running it other than from Windows Update.

Thanks.



To see the log file, run the following command from Start/Run:
notepad %windir%\Debug\Mrt.log

Malicious Software Removal Tool explanation -
http://www.microsoft.com/security/malwareremove/default.mspx

Malke
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