The easiest way to download tool is to turn on Automatic Updates. How to download Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool This date coincides with the end of the Extended Support phase for Windows 2000. The Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) will no longer be offered to or supported on Windows 2000-based systems after Jdue to Microsoft Support Lifecycle policy.

Microsoft releases a new version of the tool every month.īe aware that You cannot download and run the tool if you are running Microsoft Windows 98, Windows Millennium Edition, or Microsoft Windows NT 4.0. Microsoft released the Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool to help remove specific prevalent malicious software from computers that are running Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, or Windows XP.Īfter you download the Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool, the tool runs one time to check your computer for infection by specific prevalent malicious software (including Blaster, Sasser, and Mydoom) and helps remove any infection it finds.

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