Microsoft on demand AV scanner

[hutch--]

Best downloaded directly before doing a scan to get the latest data. Comes at the right price. 

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/security/intelligence/safety-scanner-download?view=o365-worldwide

Have a look at this URL for more on demand AV scanner.
https://www.lifewire.com/free-on-demand-virus-scanners-1356635

[NoCforMe]

Downloaded it (64-bit version), ran it, got this:

[hutch--]

You may have the default Microsoft AV wound up too tight so it blocks its own on demand scanner. Works fine here.

[NoCforMe]

Nope, don't think so: I practically disabled Windows Defender, even explicitly excluded MSERT.exe. Still no go.

It looks like a certificate problem. BTW, this is the same reason I couldn't install AVG on this computah; no valid digital certificate found. Aaaargh.

[jj2007]

Kaspersky didn't find any...

[hutch--]

Hi David,

If I remember correctly, you are running Win7 64 which may not support it. Try the Kaspersky KVRT.EXE, it may work on Win7.

[TimoVJL]

Works for me in Windows 7 64-bit

[jj2007]

For me, too. It may take a while, and I am very curious to see the results

[TimoVJL]

One laptop with Windows 7 64-bit started install updates and then canceled them.
Hopefully it recover from that episode.

EDIT: Kaspersky KVRT.EXE network connection as server was blocked by F-Secure firewall 

[jj2007]

Warning: the full scan may take a while... right now I am at 8 hours, 13 Million files (about 43%), of which 213 "infected".
I am very curious whether they all sit in \Masm32

P.S.: Yes, they do! And while a short while ago it had found "213 files", at the end it sees only a handful of files, all related to the clock produced by member PushPop (caution with the exe, it does indeed have a virus!). No explanation what "detected, not removed" means, and which files were affected.

Did I mention it's a Micros*t product?

[jj2007]

I thought it might be a good idea to share the results with the Micros*t "community"

[hutch--]

 

Do you now know why I run a squeaky clean version of Win 10  64 bit Pro. 

The whole AV industry is a crapheap of financial desperates hussling for a buck$ by sprouking bullsh*t.

[jj2007]

The whole AV industry is a crapheap of financial desperates hussling for a buck$ by sprouking bullsh*t.

I wish I could explain the "performance" of the Micros*t scanner in terms of greed, but since it's free, I am afraid the only valid explanation is incompetence

[TimoVJL]

No free lunch.
KVRT.EXE wanted to be a server, who knows for what purbose ?

[hutch--]

Simple solution, take their advice and delete it after use, next time you need it download it again.