"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 ...

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".

Reza_Ameri

Silver Contributor

May 25, 2021

Does it detect any malware?
Take a look at:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/remove-specific-prevalent-malware-with-windows-malicious-software-removal-tool-kb890830-ba51b71f-39cd-cdec-73eb-61979b0661e0

Peter86PL
Copper Contributor
May 26, 2021
Reza_Ameri
Probably not, but yesterday I clicked on Install to see what would happen and server didn't restart after install. But after connecting to it using RDS I still see this update in Windows Update. "UsoClient.exe StartScan" don't change anything. When I clicked on download it quickly disappeared from the list and I'm "up to date".
- Reza_Ameri
  Silver Contributor
  May 26, 2021
  Peter86PL
  What version of Windows Server are you using?
  Do you have any Anti-Malware installed?
  - Peter86PL
    Copper Contributor
    May 27, 2021
    2019
    Just Windows Defender

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