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Windows 8 just came out today so haven't had the time to test there! This script should work in both the x86 and 圆4 releases of Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7.
I find it takes just a couple of minutes in my environment to do it's job. The script is attached to this article as MSRT_. If this article gets more than 5 votes, Darren Collins gets a Thorntons double chocolate dairy ice cream.
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Once the tools runs, it puts it's stamp in the registry which Windows Update finds and therefore marks the tool as being no longer required. The solution we came up with is to have a script which downloads and executes the latest software removal tool directly from Microsoft. The Atkin cul-de-sac is now your home.īut fear not. If a new MSRT has been released the result is that this update will always be pending, and thus your reboot cycle will never end. For example, we execute a sequence of tasks called "Run Windows Update Script" and "Reboot" until no more updates are left. This means that should you have client tasks which utilise the Windows Update API objects you could hit an infinite loop.
The one fly in the ointment with this tool is that is doesn't appear to run if triggered through the Windows Update Agent API (like in our Windows Update script). This silent and unobtrousive approach taken by Microsoft is quite deliberate -they understandably don't want user's even suspecting that this is a substitute for a fully fledged anti-virus product. This comes down each month through Windows Update and performs a stealthy malware scan as part of the Windows Update schedule.
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In order to bolster the overall security of their Windows operating systems, Microsoft publishes every patch Tuesday an updated Malicious Software Removal ( MSRT) tool. UPDATE: 26th Feb 2015 -Upgraded script to v1.1 in this article to give it a longer life (by cycling through major KB versions numbers as well as minor ones). Microsoft will release an updated version of this. This tool checks your computer for infection by specific, prevalent malicious software (including Blaster, Sasser, and Mydoom) and helps to remove the infection if it is found. For all supported languages, the same tool will show the correct language depending on the language of the operating system.
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Note that this download is now a multi-lingual tool. This tool will not run on any version of Windows 98, Windows ME, or Windows NT 4.0. The user must be an administrator to run this tool. It is strongly recommended that you review KB891716 before you consider deploying this tool in an enterprise environment.
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The above KB article contains information on how to disable this functionality and what specific information is sent to Microsoft. Also, please be aware that this tool reports anonymous information back to Microsoft in the event that an infection is found or an error is encountered. Please review KB890830 for the list of malicious software that the current version of the tool is capable of removing as well as usage instructions. If you would like to run this tool more than once a month, run the version that is available from this Web page or use the version on the Malicious Software Removal Tool Web site. If an infection is found, the tool will display a status report the next time you start your computer. The version of this tool delivered by Windows Update runs on your computer once a month, in the background. To have the newest versions automatically delivered and installed as soon as they are released, set the Automatic Updates feature to Automatic. New versions will be made available through this web page, Windows Update, and the Malicious Software Removal Tool Web site on. Microsoft will release an updated version of this tool on the second Tuesday of each month. To help protect your computer, you should use an anti-virus product. This tool is not a replacement for an anti-virus product. To download the 圆4 version of Malicious Software Removal Tool, click here. The tool creates a log file named mrt.log in the %WINDIR%debug folder. When the detection and removal process is complete, the tool displays a report describing the outcome, including which, if any, malicious software was detected and removed. Overview The Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool checks Windows Vista, WIndows 7, Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows Server 2003 computers for and helps remove infections by specific, prevalent malicious software'â€including Blaster, Sasser, and Mydoom. Brief Description This tool checks your computer for infection by specific, prevalent malicious software (including Blaster, Sasser, and Mydoom) and helps to remove the infection if it is found.
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