| MSRT phone's home? quote:
The company's free Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) is currently installed on 450 million systems worldwide, and provides the Redmond giant with some interesting data.
MSRT "phone's home"? |
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MeKuN
join:2004-07-21
Eugene, OR | I was thinking the same thing. WTF i dont want to be sending anyone any info from my pc. I dont care what its used for. |
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 ahulettLife Without WallsPremium,VIP
join:2003-02-02
Bellevue, WA
kudos:2 | You can disable reporting if you'd like to still use MSRT by setting the following registry entry. From »support.microsoft.com/kb/891716/
Q3. How can I disable the infection-reporting component of the tool so that the report is not sent back to Microsoft?
A3. An administrator can choose to disable the infection-reporting component of the tool by adding the following registry key value to computers. If this registry key value is set, the tool will not report infection information back to Microsoft.
Subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\MRT
Entry name: \DontReportInfectionInformation
Type: REG_DWORD
Value data: 1
Hope this helps,
Aaron
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Aaron Hulett | Senior Spyware Researcher | Microsoft Malware Protection Center
This posting is provided "AS IS" without warranty, and confers no rights. |
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David Lightman: Joshua called me.
McKittrick: [incredulous] David, computers don't call people!
David Lightman: [shrugs] Yours did.
War Games, 1983 |
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 Link LoggerPremium,MVM
join:2001-03-29
Calgary, AB
kudos:3
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Its important to report this stuff back otherwise how else would we know to go and write some filthy crap like Winfixer, I mean just think about it:
3.4Million * $39.95 = way more money then I'm making writing honest software
Plus its good for your health to know that there 3.4 Million idiots out there that you are free to laugh at and taunt whenever you like, great stress reducer.
Blake
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Vendor: Author of Link Logger which is a traffic analysis and firewall logging tool |
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 Jodokast96Stupid people really piss me off.Premium
join:2005-11-23
Erial, NJ
kudos:2 | reply to capecoddah
said by capecoddah:David Lightman: Joshua called me. McKittrick: [incredulous] David, computers don't call people! David Lightman: [shrugs] Yours did. War Games, 1983 Just watched that last night on AMC! |
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 Doctor OldsI Need A Remedy For What's Ailing Me.Premium,VIP
join:2001-04-19
1970 442 W30
kudos:18 | reply to capecoddah
said by capecoddah:David Lightman: Joshua called me. McKittrick: [incredulous] David, computers don't call people! David Lightman: [shrugs] Yours did. War Games, 1983 Actually Joshua the (computer) was returning the call. David (Matthew Broderick) had contacted Joshua first to play games to impress Jennifer (Ally Sheedy) ....
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