good to know. thanks!

Thanks. I wasn't looking for the update. I was looking for the application.

I looked for it last night. not found in control panel nor searching 'malicious'. i'll try again tonight searching 'mrt' as suggested in the link you provided. thanks!

not sure what you mean. can you elaborate? same as what? i didn't think the malicious software removal tool was included in windows 10 by default and i haven't downloaded it. to be honest, i haven't...

i upgraded to 10 from windows 7, but i recently got some windows 8/8.1 updates for the malicious software removal tool. anyone have some idea as to why? thank you in advance...