Windows 10: have you disabled the 2 MRT.exe tasks ?

Hi
i have noticed with autorun that i have 2 tasks that run mrt.exe Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool

i have disabled them

do you have them ?

thanks

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Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool , mrt.exe runs on startup - real or virus?

Thank you for replying so quickly!! I didn't notice the insert image button. That I can do. To answer your questions:

- Started about a week ago (never seen this before, so found it unusual)

- Windows is up to date (this is done regularly)

- You're right, Task Manager shows mrt.exe trying to run at startup. Pic below.

I've actually highlighted 2 other things I'm not familiar with.

1. Should I stop "Program" from running, that seems suspicious

2. I'm guessing "Windows host process" is usual? I just don't recall.

3. I'll probably disable MSRT, but how do I know if it's legit or fake? I just don't know if this is how mrt.exe should be running or not.





Thank you,

Alex.

 

message after starting Windows is "Consent UI for administrative applications". I cannot work with my PC until I go to Task Manager by pressing "Alt+Cntl+Delete"

Sangeeta,

Like Al-Mahmoud, I had the same problem and my computer is a HP Windows 10 64 bit. I was able to follow your instructions to do a clean boot and determine the cause of the problem. I ended up isolating it to one of the Startup items: Microsoft Windows Malicious
Software Removal Tool. By disabling this startup item, the problem goes away. Now my question is, should this item be disabled? Does it matter if it remains disabled forever? And if I have to enable it, how can I do that and avoid the problem Al-Mahmoud initially
presented. I wanted to add that when I go to task manager and end the task for Consent UI for Administrative Applications I get the following window error: c:\windows\system32\MRT.exe - Incorrect Function.

Thank you for any assistance you can provide.

Wendy.

 

2? Can you show me which, maybe I have overlooked it? I have only 1 and I have also disabled it in Windows Updates.

schtasks /Change /TN "Microsoft\Windows\RemovalTools\MRT_HB" /Disable
reg add "HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\MRT" /v DontOfferThroughWUAU /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

 

hi
yes two *Sad