Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool

m79vest36 · Feb 10, 2011

After installing a current version of this tool for WINDOWS, and I assume it just runs itself in the background one time. Question: Can all the previous installations be removed?

Caliban · Feb 10, 2011

Greetings, m79vest36.

It should be safe to delete older versions, according to this MS KB article:

Typically, when you run the Malicious Software Removal Tool, it creates a randomly named temporary directory on the root drive of the computer. This directory contains several files, and it includes the Mrtstub.exe file. Most of the time, this folder is automatically deleted after the tool finishes running or after the next time that you start the computer. However, this folder may not always be automatically deleted. In these cases, you can manually delete this folder, and this has no adverse effect on the computer.
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Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool

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