Malicious Software Removal Tool

[Dimitri]

Malicious Software Removal Tool keeps being offered to me in updates and my question is what the hell is this thing. I seem to remember reading it's a thing that runs passively in the background and only pops up if it catches something, but do I need this thing given that I have an antivirus installed?

If I don't need it, can I remove it somehow?

 

[voyagerfan99]

Via Microsoft

This tool checks your computer for infection by specific, prevalent malicious software (including Blaster, Sasser, and Mydoom) and helps to remove the infection if it is found. Microsoft will release an updated version of this tool on the second Tuesday of each month.

If you don't wanna run it, just remove it from your updates (unless you're running Windows 10 of course)

Additional details: https://www.howtogeek.com/180773/what-is-the-malicious-software-removal-tool-and-do-i-need-it/

 

[Dimitri]

Via Microsoft



If you don't wanna run it, just remove it from your updates (unless you're running Windows 10 of course)

Additional details: https://www.howtogeek.com/180773/what-is-the-malicious-software-removal-tool-and-do-i-need-it/

So it's unnecessary if you got an antivirus.

Does anyone know whether there's a way to remove it? Should I even bother, or just keep updating it?

 

[voyagerfan99]

Does anyone know whether there's a way to remove it?

It runs once and uninstalls. There's no need to remove it.

 

[Darren]

Just let it do its thing.