Please note you still need to install antivirus software (McAfee, Avira, Symantec, Panda, etc) on your computer although you already installed this worm removal tool. The drawback is that you need to do it manually monthly in order to keep it up-to-date, so still the best way is to use Windows Update. If you want to download and install this tool manually without using Windows Update, you can always go to this Microsoft webpage to get it done.
If you have enabled windows update with option: download update and let me choose when to install them, it will be downloaded monthly for you to install it at your convenient time as shown here. The following image shows how it looks like in Windows 7 if you have enabled windows automatic update: What is the best way to download, install this worm removal tool and get it updated monthly? Well, it’s by using Windows Update with install updates automatically option, so that the new version will be downloaded and installed automatically every month. There is always new version of this tool provided by Microsoft every month (second Tuesday of each month), so you should get it. This free tool can be run on computers installed with Windows 10, Windows 8 or 8.1, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows XP or newer Windows OS.Īfter you have downloaded the Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool, the tool runs one time silently at the background to check your computer for infection by malicious software and helps remove any infection it finds.