32-bit Vista Home Premium SP2 * Firefox v47.0 * NIS v21.7.0.11 * MBAM Premium v2.2. 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. 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 Update type: Important After the download, this 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 that is found. MSRT finds and removes threats and reverses the changes made by these threats. Download size: 7.9 MB You may need to restart your computer for this update to take effect. Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool v5.36, May 2016 ( build 0.0) Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool 64-bit Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) helps keep Windows computers free from prevalent malware. 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: C:WindowsSystem32 look for and delete MRT.exe. It is a stand-alone tool so you can just delete it. 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. Why do you want to remove it The MSRT will run from Windows Updates on Patch Tuesday or close (when your system does update) once a month.
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