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Old June 11th 16, 08:40 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Ron Hardin
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Default Malicious Software Removal Tool MRT.exe bogus infected files?

JJ wrote:

On Sat, 11 Jun 2016 11:12:23 -0400, Ron Hardin wrote:
MRT.exe, if you run it explicitly (say download it
after the second Tuesday from Microsoft instead of
getting it from Windows Update) during its scan
reports 4 infected files, but at the end reports
no files infected.


It's glitch that proofs anti viruses use white-listing.


That's not a mistake. The legitimate files do something that would be suspicious
in an imported file so they check for it. If it's the legitimate file, they
ignore it.

But that's guesswork.

I can't run the modern AVG antivirus because it quarantines some .dll components
of the old Cygwin version I use, which defeats the whole point of the computer.

That needs whitelisting.
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