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This week, alongside the January security updates, Microsoft released the first version of its malware removal tool, called the Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT)<\/a>. New versions will be released on the second Tuesday of each month (with the monthly security updates) and each version will be cumulative.<\/p>\n

Note that this is not the Microsoft Windows AntiSpyware<\/a> tool (a separate beta of that product was released last week, based on the anti-spyware application gained in the purchase of Giant Company<\/a>), nor is it an anti-virus tool – MSRT is simply a rollup of all the malware removal utilities that Microsoft has previously released.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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