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How is Microsoft windows malicious software Removal tool is different from Anti-virus software ?
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31-Jul-2010
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In this article, I will explain to you what is the Microsoft windows malicious removal tool and how it is different from the Anti-virus ?
What is the Microsoft windows malicious software Removal tool?
The Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool
is the tool for virus and the other
malicious infection
removal which is introduced by the Microsoft to provide the full security for the user and feel secure feeling for the user while working on the internet or accessing the data from the external source such that providing security is the main priority to prevent the computer from infection and to provide the high speed and performance to the various peripheral devices used in the computer.
The Removal tool before installation scans the computer and looking for the each and every section for the malware as, it database consists of the special definitions for the virus and malware which has the strong smell which will smells the infection if any there in the computer system. The main purpose of this security removal tool is used with the
Microsoft
windows operating system which will also provide the latest information and updates service for the functionality of the malware removal tool which is easy to upgraded from the official website of the Microsoft, the Microsoft itself provides the database for the infection removal.
It can automatically run on the computer as the background details and the reports if infection any found in the computer can displayed that the infection is there and confirm from the user that whether they want to remove that file which contains the malicious matter or not ?, if you are not deleted it then it will residue on your computer and attacks your computer periodically.
Till now it has removes almost
18 million malicious software
that is recorded by the Microsoft analyst and also removes the password features from the threats that have occurred.
Operating system compatibility of Microsoft malicious removal tool
It can work with the following system and the name of the operating system are described below-
* Window 7
* Windows Vista
* Windows XP
* Windows Server 2008
* Windows Server 2003
* Windows 2000
Where and why to use it ?
The main feature that is offered by this tool is that once you have installed it in your computer then it doesn’t actually work as the anti-virus, the first question that comes in your mind
“why it is not works as antivirus”?
The answer is also exist in the removal tool itself, it is because of the fact that but it not works as the anti-virus but works as the tool that will removes the infection from your system that had exist in the computer from very long time.
As this tool is not act as the replacement of any anti-virus or the anti-spyware but works in the circumstances where anti-virus and anti-spy ware doesn’t perform the operation with the same speed and fails in executing the process for removing the virus or the spy from the computer.
After the installation, as already mentioned above. Check for the software to remove the infection which is in form of malicious form and list of the software that mostly contains the malicious infections are
Blaster, Sasser and the My doom
and allows to remove them from the computer system.
This software doesn’t look for the external viruses and main work of it is to remove the existing infections present in the database and doesn’t provides the alerts to the user that are warning the user for any external warning. The basic thing required to remove the infections are updation of the software to block the infections present in the computer. For searching the infections, it will look in the memory at the time of scanning and also performs the memory management functions by repairing the bad tracks and sectors and automatically fixes the errors.
The tools sometimes installed in the computer, when your system had switched on all the
windows updates
and install them automatically then this tool comes with the updates and runs silently in your system and you can only know about it when it catches ant infection from your system that too from the memory.
When this file is installed on your computer than it will create a temporary folder on your hard disk the path of which is specified by you and the file with the name
mrtstub.exe
is executing file that is created for the purpose of scanning the computer will be deleted soon after the removal restart of the computer. In some it doesn’t delete by its own you can also delete it by your own.
It provides the languages support for the
25 languages
and there is no separate file for the each language but the single file could run all the languages in it and displays the language under the settings link that is language settings and you can download it using these 25 languages from
Microsoft download center
and stores the result in the file that is
%windir%\debug\mrt.log
and for running the user must start the
“mrt.exe” file
using the command prompt.
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