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Posted by Kerry Brown on June 1, 2008, 11:54 am
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control over what gets downloaded. The only things that will be downloaded
without approval are updates to WU itself when you check for new updates.
If you are that worried about a 16 MB file "eating" disk space then you have
other problems with the system. There are far more egregious "eaters" of
disk space than MRT. If you are down to where one 16 MB file is a problem
the system is already disastrously low on resources.
--
Kerry Brown
MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/
> Hi Steve,
>
> I would understand and tolerate the tool if it had deleted itself.
> However, I do get irritated everytime I run Spacemonger (free tool) to
> check
> who's eating my/(other peoples') disk space and always find MRT.EXE
> sitting
> there in %SystemRoot%\System32...
> Could you (or you all other reading this thread) check your and a couple
> of
> your friends' computers for the presence of %SystemRoot%\System32\MRT.EXE
> ?
>
> Many thanks,
> Costin
>
>
> "Steve Riley [MSFT]" wrote:
>
>> I can understand the desire to be in control of the software that you run
>> on
>> your computer, but in this particular case I'd ask that you not worry
>> about
>> the MSRT. It installs with each monthly update, runs the next time you
>> reboot, then deletes itself. Worldwide the tool has executed over two
>> billion times and has removed about 60 million infections from 25 million
>> computers. So while it's admirable that you're practicing safe computing
>> and
>> have avoided malware, we believe that one way to help reduce everyone's
>> exposure is to have a consistent, repeatable scan for some of the most
>> dangerous stuff happen automatically. Think of it as a public service for
>> all computers running Windows.
>>
>> --
>> Steve Riley
>> steve.riley@microsoft.com
>> http://blogs.technet.com/steriley
>> http://www.protectyourwindowsnetwork.com
>>
>>
>>
>> > Does anyone know how to permanently decline installation of Malware
>> > Removal
>> > Tool ? In 15 years of computer use I have never been infected and I
>> > don't
>> > need the MRT to be offered as an update. If i click 'don't show this
>> > update
>> > again', it will dissapear, but it will prompt me to install the
>> > previous'
>> > month MRT, and then I would have to repeat this for all months since
>> > MRT
>> > has
>> > been released. I want to decline this tool ONCE and FOREVER!
>> > No, disabling automatic updates is not an option.
>> > And no, using WSUS for a approving updates for a single home computer
>> > is
>> > also not an option.
>>
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