Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool
February 5th, 2010 by adminThe Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool is a software which developed by Microsoft itself. The tool is is designed to protect the computer’s user against the dangerous malicious code. By default, you could access the tool in the C:\Windows\System32 folder, Just type at the address’ bar in the windows explorer. You might difficulty find the file, it called mrt.exe, But the removal tool is really in there.
If have hardly tried and don’t find the Windows Malicious Removal Tool. It happened might this tool is not installed in your PC. To get it you could directly download the malicious removal tool from microsoft center.You windows must be genuine to get that.
After you find this malicious removal tool. Open the mrt.exe by double-click the file,The Welcome window will soon appear in the layer. Now you have to select the type scan so the tool will perform properly in windows system.There are three possible option : Quick scan, Customized scan and Full scan.If you have the good antivirus, you just need to select the quick scan. But if you have never scanned your computer system with reliable antivirus, you must select the full scan option. If you have already selected your option, The Malicious Software Removal Tool will soon scan and provide you with the result after scan has been completely finished.
There are some a useful Malicious command in this removal tool.
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/F – Force an extended scan of the computer.
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/F:Y – Force an extended scan of the computer and automatically clean any infections found.
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/Q or /quiet – Use quiet mode. This option suppresses the user interface of the tool.
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/? – Display a dialog box that lists the command-line switches.
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/N – Run in detect-only mode. In this mode, malicious software will be reported to the user but will not be removed.
This tool runs in background, it means, you can not find the sortcut at start menu or quicklaunch. It will runs every mounth. Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool is not main antivirus to protect your computer, it is just secondary tool to give your security against viruses.