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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. In order to bolster the overall security of their Windows operating systems, Microsoft publishes every patch Tuesday an updated Malicious Software Removal ( MSRT) tool. You can get more information by clicking the links to visit the relevant pages on the vendors website.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). The links provided point to pages on the vendors websites.

The information is provided "As Is" without warranty of any kind. If you have chosen not to use Microsoft Update, and you are running Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1), you may run the Malicious Software Removal Tool from the Windows Update Web site or by using the Windows Update Automatic Updates functionality.Īffected Product Information Product Nameĭisclaimer: This webpage is intended to provide you information about patch announcement for certain specific software products. If you are running Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, or Windows 2000, you can also run the Malicious Software Removal Tool from the Microsoft Update Web site or by using the Microsoft Update Automatic Updates functionality. To run the Malicious Software Removal Tool from either location, you must log on to the computer by using an account that is a member of the Administrators group. You can also run an online version of the tool from the Malicious Software Removal Tool Web site on. You can download the Malicious Software Removal Tool from the Microsoft Download Center. The Malicious Software Removal Tool supersedes all virus-cleaner tools that were previously released by Microsoft. Microsoft has released the Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool to help remove specific, prevalent malicious software from computers that are running Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows XP, or Microsoft Windows 2000. The Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool (890830). Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool 圆4 - April 2019 (KB890830)
