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Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) is a freeware second-opinion malware scanner that Microsoft's Windows Update downloads and runs on Windows computers each month, independent of the installed antivirus software.
Microsoft Safety Scanner is a free time-limited virus scan utility similar to the Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool.It is used to scan a system for computer viruses and other forms of malware.
With the release of Internet Explorer 8, the Phishing Filter was renamed to SmartScreen and extended to include protection from socially engineered malware.Every website and download is checked against a local list of popular legitimate websites; if the site is not listed, the entire address is sent to Microsoft for further checks. [2]
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On a machine running Windows XP, removal of three files (“explorer.exe” (Windows Explorer), “iexplore.exe” (Internet Explorer), or “msnmsgr.exe” (MSN Messenger)) in safe mode with system restore turned off would disinfect the system.
HijackThis (also HiJackThis or HJT) is a free and open-source [2] tool to detect malware and adware on Microsoft Windows.It was originally created by Merijn Bellekom, and later sold to Trend Micro.
Sality is a family of polymorphic file infectors, which target Windows executable files with the extensions .EXE or .SCR. [1] Sality utilizes polymorphic and entry-point obscuring (EPO) techniques to infect files using the following methods: not changing the entry point address of the host, and replacing the original host code at the entry point of the executable with a variable stub to ...
The jdbgmgr.exe virus hoax involved an e-mail spam in 2002 that advised computer users to delete a file named jdbgmgr.exe because it was a computer virus. jdbgmgr.exe, which had a little teddy bear like icon (The Microsoft Bear), was actually a valid Microsoft Windows file, the Debugger Registrar for Java (also known as Java Debug Manager, hence jdbgmgr).