Tucked inside Windows is a handy malware-removal tool that keeps working in the background and proves surprisingly useful ...

Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool is a security tool developed and released by Microsoft for Windows PCs. It reverses any infection caused by viruses or malicious software on Windows PCs.

Note: This mystery has been solved. See the July 15th update at the bottom. July 9th was patch Tuesday and I dutifully ran Windows Update on a few PCs. I thought perhaps that the Windows Malicious ...

Microsoft offers a number of free anti-malware tools. Windows 10 and 8.1 users have Windows Defender. Windows 7 users can chose between the full-featured Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) or the ...

After lawsuits, public outcry and plenty of other hoopla, Microsoft declared Sony's rootkit malware and said that it would be removed with December's Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool. Well, ...