Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool
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. Microsoft will release an updated
version of this tool on the second Tuesday of each month.
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Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool
The
Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool checks Windows 10
Technical Preview, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 8,
Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008,
Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 computers for and helps remove
infections by specific, prevalent malicious software—including Blaster,
Sasser, and Mydoom. 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. The tool creates a log
file named mrt.log in the %WINDIR%\debug folder.
This tool is not a replacement for an anti-virus product. To help protect your computer, you should use an anti-virus product.
Microsoft
will release an updated version of this tool on the second Tuesday of
each month. New versions will be made available through this web page,
Windows Update, and the
To have the newest versions
automatically delivered and installed as soon as they are released, set
the Automatic Updates feature to
Automatic
The
version of this tool delivered by Windows Update runs on your computer
once a month, in the background. If an infection is found, the tool will
display a status report the next time you start your computer. 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.
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. 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. The above
KB article contains information on how to disable this functionality and
what specific information is sent to Microsoft.
It is strongly recommended that you review
KB891716 before you consider deploying this tool in an enterprise environment.
The
user must be an administrator to run this tool. This tool will not run
on any version of Windows 98, Windows ME, or Windows NT 4.0.
Note
that this download is now a multi-lingual tool. For all supported
languages, the same tool will show the correct language depending on the
language of the operating system.
Supported Operating System
Windows
10 Tech Preview , Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server
2003 x64 editions, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows
Vista Business 64-bit edition, Windows Vista Enterprise 64-bit edition,
Windows Vista Home Basic 64-bit edition, Windows Vista Home Premium
64-bit edition, Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit edition, Windows XP
64-bit.
Install Instructions :