If you feel like running the tool to check your system manually for frequency more than once a month, or suspecting your system is infected and want to run the MSRT to clean the infection, or simply want to display view the results of the scan (by default everything is silent unless infected), you can manually execute and run the tool with the following command: MRT.EXE Actually WMSRT runs in the background once every month without your knowledge, if you have installed MSRT. It can also be a ‘last resort effort’ to clean up the system from specific and prevalent virus infection in case of everything else virus, Trojan, worm, root kit, malware and malicious code cleaning and deletion software fails.īut how to use Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool (WMSRT/MSRT)? The program does not have any shortcut in Start Menu nor desktop or Quick Launch area. Thus it’s a great tool to use to remove and delete any detectable malicious software or code that infects the computer, especially ‘first line of defense’ security protection when you don’t want to purchase a full security suites or subscribe to virus definitions/signatures update. It’s actually a free but basic anti-virus, anti-worm and anti-Trojan security utility that provided by Microsoft to protect and secure various Windows and Windows Server OSes such as Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2016 system by way of post infection removal.Īlthough the Malicious Software Removal Tool is basic, but it’s free, and comes installed automatically on most Windows computer if users opt-in to Automatic Updates with auto month update. If you monitor closely what’s been downloaded and installed by Automatic Updates or Windows Update/Microsoft Update, you may have notice that there is an critical update named Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool with KB890830 label.
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