![]() MSRT finds and removes threats and reverses the changes made by these threats. the program asked if I wanted a full scan. I downloaded Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool to see if I had malware. 32-bit Vista Home Premium SP2 * Firefox v47.0 * NIS v21.7.0.11 * MBAM Premium v2.2. Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool 64-bit Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) helps keep Windows computers free from prevalent malware. HF Help for Janet Created on DecemMalicious Software Removal Tool I have a laptop with windows 7. ![]() What you observed was likely just another odd glitch in Vista's Windows Update but it's always possible there was a late out-of-band update for the tool this month to include scanning for Win32/Locky. My own Windows Update is currently configured to never check for updates so I couldn't tell you if an updated set of signature definitions has been released since 1, but the release information at shows that detections for two new families of malware - Win32/Kovter and Win32/Locky - were added to the MSRT in May 2016 (V 5.36). The Malicious Software Removal Tool supersedes all virus-cleaner tools that were previously released by Microsoft. Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool Finished On Thu May 12 12:26:13 2016 ![]() Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool v5.36, May 2016 ( build 0.0) Here's an excerpt from my log that shows that the 1 scan that ran when I installed my May 2016 Patch Tuesday updates completed successfully: ![]() The scan log for the MSRT is located at C:\Windows\Debug\mrt.log and can be opened with Notepad or any other text editor. ![]()
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