hi , i'm new here so i may missed this if it has been posted before. But has anyone else used the tool available before ... what were your experiances with it ? so it has been effective for me.. but i would like some more information on it. Seems it was released on the 14 of June 2005


Microsoft® Windows® Malicious Software Removal Tool (KB890830)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...&displaylang=en

thanks in advance.
regards
Nigel


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I have not used this one, but most of the removal tools from MS seem to work well.
Cheers,
John

thanks for the reply John.

so far i have used it with success to remove
Rbot, Sasser, and Gaobot. No problems as of now. It works quite fast and there doesnt seem to be a need to work in safe mode.. i still do just to be on the safe side..

I generally scan my hard drive, whether using an anti-virus or anti-spyware application, in safe mode, which seems to speed up the process and unprotect any malware that hides itself in running processes. It is easy enough to get into a maintenance routine and schedule that makes all this simple.
Regards,
John

ummm... good point. I think i'll stcik with running scans in safe mode, even if it works out of safe mode