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Guest Mr.Andersson
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Hello!

 

Does the MRT make any loggings to Windows Event Log

when it detects a virus on the client computer?

This would be very handy feature, especially on company

networks. It's much easier to run scans on client computers

event logs, than it is to run them on local windows\debug

folders.

 

Yours,

 

Antti Laatikainen

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The file is;

%windir%\system32\MRT.exe

 

You can see the switch parameters with...

%windir%\system32\MRT.exe /?

 

The log file is...

%windir%\Debug\mrt.log

 

Running the following command line with launch a full scan and clean

malware automatically without user intervention.

%windir%\system32\MRT.exe /f:y

-=-

 

Good luck

 

 

 

 

"Mr.Andersson" wrote:

<span style="color:blue">

> Hello!

>

> Does the MRT make any loggings to Windows Event Log

> when it detects a virus on the client computer?

> This would be very handy feature, especially on company

> networks. It's much easier to run scans on client computers

> event logs, than it is to run them on local windowsdebug

> folders.

>

> Yours,

>

> Antti Laatikainen</span>

Guest Mr.Andersson
Posted

Thanks for the reply!

 

What I meant with my question is that we're using WSUS to distribute updates

and, for example, MRT to our client computers. If MRT finds some malware on

our workstations,how do we as administrators get an alert or information

about it?

Since the only information is given to the user of that workstation, and

only logged information is to be found from the \debug floder?

By scanning the event logs i meant scanning the workstation logs for

certain event ID:s, not to scan them for viruses.. My mistake. style_emoticons/

 

 

Yours,

 

Antti Laatikainen

 

"Engel" wrote:

<span style="color:blue">

> The file is;

> %windir%system32MRT.exe

>

> You can see the switch parameters with...

> %windir%system32MRT.exe /?

>

> The log file is...

> %windir%Debugmrt.log

>

> Running the following command line with launch a full scan and clean

> malware automatically without user intervention.

> %windir%system32MRT.exe /f:y

> -=-

>

> Good luck

>

>

>

>

> "Mr.Andersson" wrote:

> <span style="color:green">

> > Hello!

> >

> > Does the MRT make any loggings to Windows Event Log

> > when it detects a virus on the client computer?

> > This would be very handy feature, especially on company

> > networks. It's much easier to run scans on client computers

> > event logs, than it is to run them on local windowsdebug

> > folders.

> >

> > Yours,

> >

> > Antti Laatikainen</span></span>

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