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Posted by MoleMan on November 13, 2006, 9:03 am
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The MRT FAQ says that you cannot uninstall the tool via add/remove
software in control panel. This is true, however no mention of the
files involved are mentioned.
What files and registry entries does this tool install ??
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Posted by Galen on November 13, 2006, 11:10 am
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MoleMan had this to say:
My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
> The MRT FAQ says that you cannot uninstall the tool via add/remove
> software in control panel. This is true, however no mention of the
> files involved are mentioned.
>
> What files and registry entries does this tool install ??
No registry entries at all that I'm aware of. It is a single .exe file. Some
information about it...
Malware Removal Tool:
http://kgiii.info/windows/2k-XP/security/malware_removal_tool.html
It's just a stand-alone executable from what I'm aware of. To remove it
you'd just delete it and save 10 MB or so in current incarnation. It will
happily download again tomorrow if you have it enabled.
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Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/ http://kgiii.info/
"Chance has put in our way a most singular and whimsical problem, and
its solution is its own reward." - Sherlock Holmes
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Posted by David H. Lipman on November 13, 2006, 4:09 pm
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| The MRT FAQ says that you cannot uninstall the tool via add/remove
| software in control panel. This is true, however no mention of the
| files involved are mentioned.
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| What files and registry entries does this tool install ??
The MRT is an On Demand anti virus scanneer with a very limited impact on the PC
or
resources. there are NO reasons to remove it.
The utility is...
%windir%\system32\MRT.exe
Command line switches...
/? or /HELP = displays the command line switches
/Q = quiet
/N = detect only
/F = force extended scan
/F:Y = force extended scan and automatically clean infected files
The following is the resultant log file...
%windir%\Debug\mrt.log
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Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm
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Posted by tomax7 on November 16, 2006, 7:04 pm
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creates large CPU usage and installed into a long numbered file name
folder till one gets the update.
I have a great AV program, Trend Micro, a great Anti-Spyware program,
Counter-Spy, so I do NOT want this on my machine. Low impact or not, I
didn't ask for it, especially when it consumes 50+% of my CPU upon boot
up.
Till I read these postings and others on the Internet about how the MRT
is causing problems I didn't even know about it existed per se, as it
is installed automatically by Updates.
So need a reason? Big One - get off my computer!
David H. Lipman wrote:
>
> The MRT is an On Demand anti virus scanneer with a very limited impact on the
PC or
> resources. there are NO reasons to remove it.
>
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Posted by tomax7 on November 16, 2006, 7:05 pm
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creates large CPU usage and installed into a long numbered file name
folder till one gets the update.
I have a great AV program, Trend Micro, a great Anti-Spyware program,
Counter-Spy, so I do NOT want this on my machine. Low impact or not, I
didn't ask for it, especially when it consumes 50+% of my CPU upon boot
up.
Till I read these postings and others on the Internet about how the MRT
is causing problems I didn't even know about it existed per se, as it
is installed automatically by Updates.
So need a reason? Big One - get off my computer!
David H. Lipman wrote:
>
> The MRT is an On Demand anti virus scanneer with a very limited impact on the
PC or
> resources. there are NO reasons to remove it.
>
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