Guided Help widget available for MS Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool

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Guided Help widget available for MS Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool Maurice N ~ MVP 06-16-2006
Posted by David H. Lipman on June 18, 2006, 2:48 pm
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| Sorry David I should have been clearer, I was referring to the new Guided
| Help wrapper app.
|
| Thanks
|
| Rich
|

Capice !

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm



Posted by Maurice N ~ MVP on June 17, 2006, 2:08 pm
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Just ran it. There's perhaps a timing issue between the download of the =
tool, and when it actually begins to run.

However, It does show a "Scan Results" window with a message on results.
"No malicious software was detected". There's a clickable line for =
"View detailed results of the scan".

Clicking that pops up a window with the scan results for each of the =
malware that the tool searches for.
=20
--=20
Maurice N=20
MS-MVP Windows (Shell / User), Aumha.net VSOP , DTS-L
-----

Hello BB (Richard),

You stated "2) It does not offer the Step-By-Step approach that is shown =
in the online help, is there a switch? I am missing something?"

There are no switches that I noticed for the Guided Help. I'm going to =
run it again and recheck the results info.

--=20
Maurice N=20
MS-MVP Windows (Shell / User), Aumha.net VSOP , DTS-L
-----

"Bigbruva" wrote in message =
> Hi Maurice thanks for the heads up on this...
>=20
> Nice looking tool but I have found a number of problems with it in my=20
> initial testing:
>=20
> 1) It failed on one of my test PC's at the MSRT Welcome screen it just =
fails=20
> to find the Next button!
> 2) It does not offer the Step-By-Step approach that is shown in the =
online=20
> help, is there a switch? I am missing something?
> 3) As soon as the scan completes the Guided Help closes the one of the =
most=20
> important parts of the tool...The RESULTS! This would be fine if the =
final=20
> window reflected these results but it does not so you have to be =
watching=20
> very closely or you will miss the outcome of the scan...this is just =
MAD.
>=20
> I really like MSRT which really isn't that hard to run (even for my =
Granny!)=20
> and even though this wrapper tool does look really cool, I can't help=20
> wishing the extra effort had gone into extending the number of virus=20
> patterns MSRT detects!
> I'll keep testing to see if I can figure out what is causing the =
Helper to=20
> fail, I'll post if I find it.
>=20
> BB
>=20
> PS On a side note it also fails on Vista, but I guess that is to be=20
> expected!


Posted by on June 18, 2006, 5:59 am
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FYI - not every topic offers both choices. Some topics don't really
make sense to have as "show me" or "do it" and it's up to the topic
author to select which ones make sense. It may be that you are using
one of these topics. There is not a switch to override this and enable
more choices here.

Thanks,
James Finnigan - MS

Maurice N ~ MVP wrote:
> Hello BB (Richard),
>
> You stated "2) It does not offer the Step-By-Step approach that is shown in
the online help, is there a switch? I am missing something?"
>
> There are no switches that I noticed for the Guided Help. I'm going to run it
again and recheck the results info.
>
> --
> Maurice N
> MS-MVP Windows (Shell / User), Aumha.net VSOP , DTS-L
> -----
>
> > Hi Maurice thanks for the heads up on this...
> >
> > Nice looking tool but I have found a number of problems with it in my
> > initial testing:
> >
> > 1) It failed on one of my test PC's at the MSRT Welcome screen it just fails
> > to find the Next button!
> > 2) It does not offer the Step-By-Step approach that is shown in the online
> > help, is there a switch? I am missing something?
> > 3) As soon as the scan completes the Guided Help closes the one of the most
> > important parts of the tool...The RESULTS! This would be fine if the final
> > window reflected these results but it does not so you have to be watching
> > very closely or you will miss the outcome of the scan...this is just MAD.
> >
> > I really like MSRT which really isn't that hard to run (even for my Granny!)
> > and even though this wrapper tool does look really cool, I can't help
> > wishing the extra effort had gone into extending the number of virus
> > patterns MSRT detects!
> > I'll keep testing to see if I can figure out what is causing the Helper to
> > fail, I'll post if I find it.
> >
> > BB
> >
> > PS On a side note it also fails on Vista, but I guess that is to be
> > expected!


Posted by antioch on June 17, 2006, 12:57 pm
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> Hi Maurice thanks for the heads up on this...
>
> Nice looking tool but I have found a number of problems with it in my
> initial testing:
>
> 1) It failed on one of my test PC's at the MSRT Welcome screen it just
> fails to find the Next button!
> 2) It does not offer the Step-By-Step approach that is shown in the online
> help, is there a switch? I am missing something?
> 3) As soon as the scan completes the Guided Help closes the one of the
> most important parts of the tool...The RESULTS! This would be fine if the
> final window reflected these results but it does not so you have to be
> watching very closely or you will miss the outcome of the scan...this is
> just MAD.
>
> I really like MSRT which really isn't that hard to run (even for my
> Granny!) and even though this wrapper tool does look really cool, I can't
> help wishing the extra effort had gone into extending the number of virus
> patterns MSRT detects!
> I'll keep testing to see if I can figure out what is causing the Helper to
> fail, I'll post if I find it.
>
> BB
>
> PS On a side note it also fails on Vista, but I guess that is to be
> expected!
>
>
Hi BB

I have been using this little tool since first offered.
It is so easy to use - do a short search or a long one while you make a
coffee and have a shower.
BUT I have yet to be able to add the Guided Help since the offer.
I updated three days ago to the latest and tried the Guided Help download
but still being told that the O.S. being used
{I have XP SP2 Home} is not supported by Guided Help.
I have wondered though, could this be because I run XP with UK
English ;-) ;-) and this help only runs on USA English versions of XP???????
Rgds
Antioch



Posted by Maurice N ~ MVP on June 17, 2006, 1:57 pm
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Antioch:

There appears to be only one English version ( as one would expect).
I wonder if you accepted the EULA, were able to download and save, and =
then if you ran 890830.exe?
What was the exact message given?

--=20
Maurice N=20
MS-MVP Windows (Shell / User), Aumha.net VSOP , DTS-L
-----

>>
> Hi BB
>=20
> I have been using this little tool since first offered.
> It is so easy to use - do a short search or a long one while you make =
a=20
> coffee and have a shower.
> BUT I have yet to be able to add the Guided Help since the offer.
> I updated three days ago to the latest and tried the Guided Help =
download=20
> but still being told that the O.S. being used
> {I have XP SP2 Home} is not supported by Guided Help.
> I have wondered though, could this be because I run XP with =
UK=20
> English ;-) ;-) and this help only runs on USA English versions of =
XP???????
> Rgds
> Antioch
>=20
>

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