Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool

JoeMcLutz said:

What did you modify about permissions?

It had just my name pc as owner, so I set it as my name pc adminstrators Administrators (DEBBIE-PC\Administrators)

Thanks.

TairikuOkami said:

Interesting, try to run this as admin:

Code:

takeown /f "%WINDIR%\System32\MRT.exe" /a
icacls "%WINDIR%\System32\MRT.exe" /grant:r Everyone:F /c
start "" "%WINDIR%\System32\MRT.exe"

The last command returns that the app is blocked by group policies.

JoeMcLutz said:

The last command returns that the app is blocked by group policies.

I ran that command and it came out ok. SUCCESS: The file (or folder): "C:\WINDOWS\System32\MRT.exe" now owned by the administrators group.

TairikuOkami said:

How about this one? But then again, if it is blocked by policies, this will not really help.

Code:

takeown /f "%WINDIR%\System32\MRT.exe" /s %computername% /u %USERNAME%
icacls "%WINDIR%\System32\MRT.exe" /grant:r %USERNAME%:F /c
start "" "%WINDIR%\System32\MRT.exe"

...App is blocked by group policies: contact system administrator.

Thanks all the same.

It's a logistics nightmare. You have to download the MSRT in order to run it manually these days. Did you try manually downloading the tool?

HoneycombWX said:

It's a logistics nightmare. You have to download the MSRT in order to run it manually these days. Did you try manually downloading the tool?

No, I didn't. I use Malwarebytes Anti-Malware but I think I'll give it a try. Thank you.