MSRT is designed to work if your computer has already been infected by malware.Here’s how the MSRT differs from traditional antivirus software. It will not help you remove spyware from your PC. Unfortunately, the MSRT doesn’t offer active scanning and protection against threats and it isn’t designed to be used in place of robust antivirus software. It can detect and remediate Trojan horses, viruses, and worms. It’s meant to be run if your machine has already been compromised by malware.
The Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool is a post-infection malware removal tool that is designed to look for specific prevalent threats and undo the changes they have made to your system.
What you observed was likely just another odd glitch in Vista's Windows Update but it's always possible there was a late out-of-band update for the tool this month to include scanning for Win32/Locky.ģ2-bit Vista Home Premium SP2 * Firefox v47.0 * NIS v21.7.0.11 * MBAM Premium v2.2.What Is the Microsoft’s Malicious Software Removal Tool? My own Windows Update is currently configured to never check for updates so I couldn't tell you if an updated set of signature definitions has been released since 1, but the release information at shows that detections for two new families of malware - Win32/Kovter and Win32/Locky - were added to the MSRT in May 2016 (V 5.36). Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool Finished On Thu May 12 12:26:13 2016 Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool v5.36, May 2016 ( build 0.0) Here's an excerpt from my log that shows that the 1 scan that ran when I installed my May 2016 Patch Tuesday updates completed successfully: The scan log for the MSRT is located at C:\Windows\Debug\mrt.log and can be opened with Notepad or any other text editor.
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