Malicious Software Removal Tool - signs that it was running

[Richard Fangnail]

I just did autoupdate and included the removal tool for the first
time. Did it run while loading all the other updates? It's supposed
to, but I expected it to take longer, since it scans the whole disk,
doesn't it? But the whole update took, as usual, only 5-10 minutes.

 

[PA Bear]

It downloads, it runs, it goes away if nothing's found.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
AumHa VSOP & Admin DTS-L.org

Richard Fangnail wrote:
> I just did autoupdate and included the removal tool for the first
> time. Did it run while loading all the other updates? It's supposed
> to, but I expected it to take longer, since it scans the whole disk,
> doesn't it? But the whole update took, as usual, only 5-10 minutes.

 

[Don Miller]

PA Bear wrote:
> It downloads, it runs, it goes away if nothing's found.
Has anyone tried running the full scan rather than the quick scan? On
W2K/Sp4, I get error 8050800C on full scan. There are also various PID
errors in the log. This only has started since Feb '07 release.
don

 

[PA Bear]

Start a free Windows Update support incident request:
https://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?gprid=6527

Tip: Temporarily disable real-time protection by your anti-virus and/or
anti-spyware applications (e.g., CounterSpy, Spysweeper, Spybot, AVG
Anti-Spyware) and/or any third-party firewall (e.g., ZA) before scanning.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
AumHa VSOP & Admin DTS-L.org


Don Miller wrote:
> PA Bear wrote:
>> It downloads, it runs, it goes away if nothing's found.
> Has anyone tried running the full scan rather than the quick scan? On
> W2K/Sp4, I get error 8050800C on full scan. There are also various PID
> errors in the log. This only has started since Feb '07 release.
> don

 

[MowGreen [MVP]]

You receive an error when you run the Microsoft Windows Malicious
Software Removal Tool
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/891717/

> 0x8050800C The system state prohibits the scan from running in a specific user context.
> Restart the computer and retry the scan.

MowGreen [MVP 2003-2007]
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*-343-* FDNY
Never Forgotten
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Don Miller wrote:

> PA Bear wrote:
>
>> It downloads, it runs, it goes away if nothing's found.
>
> Has anyone tried running the full scan rather than the quick scan? On
> W2K/Sp4, I get error 8050800C on full scan. There are also various PID
> errors in the log. This only has started since Feb '07 release.
> don