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Peter86PL
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May 24, 2021

"Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool" Reboot required

I just installed Windows Admin Center and after connecting to one of our servers, in "Updates" category I noticed "Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool". I remembered I forgot to install it and I almost clicked on Install but then I noticed something really weird. It says "Yes" in "Reboot required" column and it offers me "Restart options". My only question is "What the hell?"

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    Peter86PL
    May 28, 2021
    My "problem" was not whether my servers have malware or not, let's ignore it for now. I was only talking about "Windows Admin Center" stating that "Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool" requires reboot. And now I can answer this myself, because I just noticed that in WSUS on "Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool" there is "Restart behavior: Can request restart". And cumulative updates also have "Can request restart", So there you have it, developers of "Windows Admin Center" used "Reboot required" for something that means "Can request restart".

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