Windows 10: Another Windows MRT.exe Question:

Hello All,


Norton keeps recognizing Window's MRT.exe file as possibly malicious; frequency about every 2 weeks or so. The file is located in the expected folder (C:Windows/System32/MRT.exe. However, when I visit that folder to confirm, I noticed that there are two MRT.exe files located there and I am wondering if possibly one of them is malicious. One seems to have been created when I purchased my laptop and the other more recent; possibly during windows update? Any help here would be great. More details:

1. MRT.exe (This is the one Norton ID's)
   • Created Jan. 29, 2013
   • Modified: July 10, 2018
   • Size: 128 MB (Size on disk: 68.4 MB)
   
   
2. 
   MRT-KB890830.exe
   
   
3. • Created: Oct. 11, 2017
   • Modified: June 13, 2018
   • Size: 127 MB (Size on disk: 67.1 MB)

Thank in advance for your help here.


Sincerely,

Me

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