I concur, but thought it might be a handy first pass since she wouldn't have to try to navigate IE anywhere to download and install ( like for malwarebytes ) if it had any effect at all on antivirus2010
Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' _____ From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 10:49 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Malicious Software Removal Tool I wouldn't leave antivirus removal or detection to the MSRT, at least not by itself. I always thought it was obsessed with the more widespread virus variants, although I haven't checked the documentation that comes with it for a long time. 2010/1/27 Erik Goldoff <egold...@gmail.com> Just a quick question, anyone know for sure if the Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool is effective against the Antivirus 2010 malware ? ( heard from a non-tech friend out of state that got hit on her netbook ) Thanks Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' -- "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~