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. 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 What is Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) Although Windows Defender is capable enough to dodge most security threats, Microsoft has introduced another security tool to safeguard your computer. 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. The Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) and the Microsoft Safety Scanner (MSERT.exe) do more or less the same thing: scan for and remove Windows malware.
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