The program MRT.exe keeps using 50% of my cpu all the time how do I make it stop
I really need help.. after installing the update for the MRT.EXE for may it always stays on and its made my computer run slow and my cpu is running 10 degrees hotter.. i need help this is so frustrating.
First of all, most of the people who respond in this forum are not related to Microsoft. Unless the responder is identified as a "Support Engineer" or a "Microsoft System Moderator" or the like, he or she is not employed by Microsoft. Thus, whoever you
"connected live to" was not one of our "associates."
MRT.exe is the Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool. A new version of this tool is included with the critical updates every month on "Patch Tuesday" (the first Tuesday of the month). It should run once -- at the time you download it -- and then be dormant
for the rest of the month unless you manually start it up.
Apparently, the unnamed person with whom you dealt didn't fully understand this.
Have you ever received a message to the effect that the MRT found something?
Click Start > Run then type the following in the Run box and click OK
%systemroot%\debug
A Windows Explorer window will open and you should see -- at least -- a file named mrt.log. You may well see another file named mrt.log.old, which is last months log.
Open mrt.log with Notepad. You should see something like the following:
MRT.exe should not run continuously. If it does, something is wrong.
MRT.exe should be located in C:Windows\system32. If it is not there, search your entire drive, making sure to check the search options to "search system folders, " "search hidden files and folders," and "search subfolders." If you find MRT.exe somewhere other
than C:\Windows\system32, it probably is malware masquerading as the real Malicious Software Removal Tool.
Wherever you find it, delete it. You can download the current version of MRT
here.
I also suggest that you scan your system with free MalwareBytes Antimalware and <removed> Be sure to update both scanners before running them.
If, after you delete MRT.exe, you get an error message at startup complaining that MRT cannot be found,
download and run
Autoruns. Click the "Logon" tab and look in the "Image Path" column for the MRT.exe. If it isn't shown in the Logon tab, click the "Everything" tab and use the File > Search tool. An idiosyncrasy of the Autoruns search tool is that you have to move the
selection line below the "found" item before you "Find Next." Once you find the entry with MRT.exe, delete it.
----- LemP Volunteer Moderator MS MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) 2006-2009 Microsoft Community Contributor (MCC) 2011-2012
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