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From: andy on 31 May 2010 16:51 i have a folder under c:\ called c:\c6995bb2dcf5148abddc850ab01fc8 but inside ther's only mrt.exe._p $shtdwn$.req and mrtstub.exe, there's no MRT.exe, does that mean it's a virus? "Ottmar Freudenberger" wrote: > "alex" <alex(a)discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb: > > > When I periodically browse to my external hard drive, I see dozens strange > > folders like: > > H:/d8ec8985ea99734705 > > > > My googling skills have led to forums saying these folders are created by > > Windows Update, which uses the largest hard drive on the system (which is my > > external hard drive) to create the temp folders. > > That's correct. > > > However, each folder has the exact same four files in them: > > mrtstub.exe > > mrt.exe._p > > MRT.exe > > $shtdwn$.req > > That's the "Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool" updated > and release via AU/MU/AU every month: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/890830 > That may explain why you have different folders with the same file names > (while the file dates should differ). > > Bye, > Freudi >
From: PA Bear [MS MVP] on 31 May 2010 18:18
No. Tip: Disconnect all external drives before downloading/installing Windows Updates/ andy wrote: > i have a folder under c:\ called c:\c6995bb2dcf5148abddc850ab01fc8 > but inside ther's only mrt.exe._p > $shtdwn$.req and mrtstub.exe, there's no MRT.exe, does that mean it's a > virus? > > "Ottmar Freudenberger" wrote: > >> "alex" <alex(a)discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb: >> >>> When I periodically browse to my external hard drive, I see dozens >>> strange >>> folders like: >>> H:/d8ec8985ea99734705 >>> >>> My googling skills have led to forums saying these folders are created >>> by >>> Windows Update, which uses the largest hard drive on the system (which >>> is >>> my external hard drive) to create the temp folders. >> >> That's correct. >> >>> However, each folder has the exact same four files in them: >>> mrtstub.exe >>> mrt.exe._p >>> MRT.exe >>> $shtdwn$.req >> >> That's the "Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool" updated >> and release via AU/MU/AU every month: >> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/890830 That may explain why you have >> different folders with the same file names (while the file dates should >> differ). >> >> Bye, >> Freudi |