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

Discus and support have you disabled the 2 MRT.exe tasks ? in Windows 10 Support to solve the problem; 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... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Support' started by drugo, Mar 12, 2016.

  1. DRUGO
    drugo Win User

    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

    :)
     
    drugo, Mar 12, 2016
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  2. ALEXHERMANO
    AlexHermano Win User

    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.


    have you disabled the 2 MRT.exe tasks ? [​IMG]


    Thank you,

    Alex.
     
    AlexHermano, Mar 12, 2016
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  3. WENDY MATOS
    Wendy Matos Win User
    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.
     
    Wendy Matos, Mar 12, 2016
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  4. TAIRIKUOKAMI
    TairikuOkami Win User

    have you disabled the 2 MRT.exe tasks ?

    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
     
    TairikuOkami, Mar 12, 2016
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  5. DRUGO
    drugo Win User
    hi
    yes two *Sad

    have you disabled the 2 MRT.exe tasks ? [​IMG]
     
    drugo, Apr 4, 2018
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