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Posted by Peter Foldes on October 7, 2008, 5:16 pm
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MRT would not report on Binaries and it will leave them alone and =
definitely not remove them unless they are infected with one of MRT's =
listed malewares that it checks for
In your place I would be looking at Norton with a long hard look.
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Peter
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> Binaries can contain malicious code. That's why they are scanned for =
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> within the code by scanning utilities. I think you're confusing names =
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> infections with file types. If it didn't remove exe files, why would =
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> them? If you don't think binary files are succeptable to infection, =
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> you shouldn't be posting here? MRT definitely touched those type of =
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> The binaries are specifically mentioned in the mrt.log. I'm very aware =
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> what norton and windows defender are doing, and they have not touched =
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> binaries.
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> "Every you have updated this tool it has run and has probably done no =
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> That's a bold statement. Software is hardly infallible. Search the =
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> of this forum to see where users helped Microsoft uncover bugs in this =
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> tool.
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> What's disconcerting is that both Defender and NAV don't hit on any of =
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> 10,629 files that MRT touched. Even Internet Explorer and Outlook=20
> Express/MSNIM were broken after the scan.
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> In any case, this doesn't change the fact that MRT doesn't backup =
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> modifies. It could at least be an option or cmd line switch.
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> "Peter Foldes" wrote:
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>> MRT does not remove those type of files. Every you have updated this =
tool it has run and has probably done no harm. Open the start panel of =
MRT and see which names of malware's it does remove. Not even close to =
Binaries.
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>> If those (Binaries)were removed then check another source maybe even =
Norton or your computer.Also your system can be already infected as I =
believe
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>> Peter
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