

Presumably it can’t run automatically regardless, because the user has to first accept the EULA. Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) is a freeware second-opinion malware scanner that Microsofts Windows Update downloads and runs on. Regarding the Malicious Software Removal Tool that shows up every month: it requires accepting an EULA. The Malicious Software Removal Tool supersedes all virus-cleaner tools that were previously released by Microsoft. Besides turning on Automatic Updates, obviously.) (If there’s a way to make this happen, please let me know. Really wish Defender could just update itself by itself without piggybacking on a much more heavyweight system. Oh, and then it makes a System Restore point…just to install definition updates. The definition updates appear in the update list and sit there, and sit, and sit, until I finally go in and manually uncheck all of the other updates, double-check that Defender updates are still checked, double-check that no other updates are checked, and finally hit install. This has always irritated me about Defender utilizing the Windows Update system for its definition files. You now have the full version of Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool (v5.98), without any limitations, installed on your computer.I’ve never had definition updates for Windows Defender install themselves automatically either (I’m on “Notify me but let me choose what to download” setting).

If you don’t know how to extract, see this article. This might take from a few minutes to a few hours, depending on your download speed. Click on the download button(s) below and finish downloading the required files.

How to Download and Install Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool (v5.98)
