Guest Mike Posted July 19, 2007 Posted July 19, 2007 A little while back, one of the Windows Updates contained a download for the Malicious Software Removal Tool (mrt.exe), so I downloaded it, along with the rest of that month's batch. Since I thought I had that already, I did a search and found it in two different places: 1.) Where it's supposed to be: C:\WINDOWS\system32 Size - 15,876 KB Date Created - 5/15/2005 Date Modified - 6/28/2007 2.) AND I ALSO found it in: C:\c6f23b84c9e (etc., etc. - a long string of (seemingly) random numbers and letters) Size - 14,620 KB Date Created - 5/9/2007 Date Modified - 4/27/2007 I looked everywhere on the net and from everything I could find, it's supposed to be in C:\WINDOWS\system32 NO mention is made anywhere of it being anywhere else. Does anybody have an idea what that '2nd' copy in that random folder is -- and whether I can delete it or not? Thanks in advance, Mike_____
Guest Detlev Dreyer Posted July 19, 2007 Posted July 19, 2007 Re: Two Copies of mrt.exe? "Mike" <Mike@notreal.com> wrote: > Since I thought I had that already, I did a search and found it in two > different places: > > 1.) Where it's supposed to be: > C:\WINDOWS\system32 > Size - 15,876 KB > Date Created - 5/15/2005 > Date Modified - 6/28/2007 > > 2.) AND I ALSO found it in: > C:\c6f23b84c9e (etc., etc. - a long string of (seemingly) random numbers and letters) > Size - 14,620 KB > Date Created - 5/9/2007 > Date Modified - 4/27/2007 > > I looked everywhere on the net and from everything I could find, > it's supposed to be in C:\WINDOWS\system32 Correct. The folder C:\c6f23b84c9e... is a remainder and can be deleted. -- d-d
Guest Lenny Posted July 19, 2007 Posted July 19, 2007 Re: Two Copies of mrt.exe? fdisk and format and reinstall "Mike" <Mike@notreal.com> wrote in message news:EsJni.4$vW7.3@newsfe12.lga... A little while back, one of the Windows Updates contained a download for the Malicious Software Removal Tool (mrt.exe), so I downloaded it, along with the rest of that month's batch. Since I thought I had that already, I did a search and found it in two different places: 1.) Where it's supposed to be: C:\WINDOWS\system32 Size - 15,876 KB Date Created - 5/15/2005 Date Modified - 6/28/2007 2.) AND I ALSO found it in: C:\c6f23b84c9e (etc., etc. - a long string of (seemingly) random numbers and letters) Size - 14,620 KB Date Created - 5/9/2007 Date Modified - 4/27/2007 I looked everywhere on the net and from everything I could find, it's supposed to be in C:\WINDOWS\system32 NO mention is made anywhere of it being anywhere else. Does anybody have an idea what that '2nd' copy in that random folder is -- and whether I can delete it or not? Thanks in advance, Mike_____
Guest Detlev Dreyer Posted July 19, 2007 Posted July 19, 2007 Re: Two Copies of mrt.exe? "Lenny" <here@there.com> wrote: > fdisk and format and reinstall That's plain nonsense! -- d-d
Guest Curious George Posted July 19, 2007 Posted July 19, 2007 Re: Two Copies of mrt.exe? A remainder of what? I have a folder with a name like C:\c6f23b84c9e... too. Can these always be safely deleted? "Detlev Dreyer" wrote: <snip> > > Correct. The folder is a remainder and can be deleted. > > -- > d-d >
Guest Detlev Dreyer Posted July 19, 2007 Posted July 19, 2007 Re: Two Copies of mrt.exe? "Curious George" <CuriousGeorge@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > A remainder of what? A remainder of the installation, usually deleted after running that tool. Download that tool from this site and start the executable file (test): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=ad724ae0-e72d-4f54-9ab3-75b8eb148356 While running, you'll find a folder with a similar name in the root directory of the drive with the most free capacity. > I have a folder with a name like C:\c6f23b84c9e... > too. Can these always be safely deleted? Usually, yes. -- d-d
Guest Mike Posted July 20, 2007 Posted July 20, 2007 Re: Two Copies of mrt.exe? Thanks Detlev - I really appreciate the info. Mike___ "Detlev Dreyer" <detdreyer@flashmail.com> wrote in message news:2a2175be58447cda1fc5ef902ca7f469@d-d.mvps.org... "Mike" <Mike@notreal.com> wrote: > Since I thought I had that already, I did a search and found it in two > different places: > > 1.) Where it's supposed to be: > C:\WINDOWS\system32 > Size - 15,876 KB > Date Created - 5/15/2005 > Date Modified - 6/28/2007 > > 2.) AND I ALSO found it in: > C:\c6f23b84c9e (etc., etc. - a long string of (seemingly) random numbers and letters) > Size - 14,620 KB > Date Created - 5/9/2007 > Date Modified - 4/27/2007 > > I looked everywhere on the net and from everything I could find, > it's supposed to be in C:\WINDOWS\system32 Correct. The folder C:\c6f23b84c9e... is a remainder and can be deleted. -- d-d
Guest Detlev Dreyer Posted July 20, 2007 Posted July 20, 2007 Re: Two Copies of mrt.exe? "Mike" <Mike@notreal.com> wrote: > Thanks Detlev - I really appreciate the info. You're certainly welcome, Mike. -- d-d
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