Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool (KB890830)

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  1. Rich_Guy

    Rich_Guy Ancient Guru

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    Odd one this, ran this last night, takes a couple of hrs, so left it running and went and done something else while going, came back to check it, and noticed it was saying i had some infected files while it was scanning, so after the scan had finished, i expected it to tell me what they were etc..., but it didn't, i just got the green ticked shield, with the No Malicious Software Found as normal.

    Ran my virus checker etc..., and nothing found either, so anyone got a clue whats going on, as surely, if it detected some infected files, it wouldn't have said there was nothing found, when it had completed the scan ? :confused:

    It normally just runs when it comes through the windows updates every month, which says once you've rebooted, it'll tell you what its found (if anything), but ive never had that either, so obviously it hasn't find anything, when its ran that way.

    Also, anyone know where the log files are located after the scans completed ?
     
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    yes the last few versions of Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool have been giving false positives during the scan and then showing nothing when finished.
     
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    Thanks for that, so could be false positives (it said about 40), its odd, as i ran the previous one (Novembers), on the Monday night before i got this months on the Tuesday, and that just said none found as well when it had finished (although i didn't notice if it had said there was some infected while scanning, as it had finished by the time i came back to it).
     
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    Knowing MS, it probably flagged it's own Windows system files as malicious lol
     

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    That'd be right :D, or another attempt to get me onto 10. :p
     
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    If you have not turned off Defender/Security Essentials then you should look in its journal.
     
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    Resistance is futile! :D
     
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    I havn't turned off Defender, so looked in its history, and its empty, as never had it detect anything, and i can't find a journal, and don't have the Security Essentials.

    A Google search told me how to get the mrt.log, so had a look, and they all just read as No Infections Found.

    This is the first run of the December one which said it had detected infected files, before Green ticking at the end, with no Malicious Software found.

    :D
     
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    Giggles...
     
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    eh I never run it manual seeing it run after it installed anyway if some bad is found a pop/notification would be shown, And I am pretty sure MS has flaged there own stuff countless time before and it i will happen countless times in the feature too.

    That is what happen when some of there stuff boardlines malware and viruses
     
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    I have never run it manually but let it run as part of the monthly update process. It has never found anything false nor real and certainly doesn't take anywhere near a "couple of hours" to run. It takes less than 10 minutes and the .NET updates take longer than that.
     
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    I done a full scan, not quick, which takes no time at all :)
     
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    MRT via Windows Update uses the Quick Scan Option. As for time it takes to do a full scan varies due to amount of data on drive.
     

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