"Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool" Reboot required

Peter86PL
Copper Contributor
May 28, 2021
Why do you insist that malware is probably somewhere on this server? MRT didn't detect any.

Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool v5.89, (build 5.89.18135.1)
Started On Wed May 26 00:59:04 2021

Engine: 1.1.18000.5
Signatures: 1.335.1214.0
MpGear: 1.1.16330.1
Run Mode: Scan Run From Windows Update

Results Summary:
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No infection found.
Successfully Submitted Heartbeat Report
Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool Finished On Wed May 26 00:59:44 2021

Return code: 0 (0x0)
- Reza_Ameri
  Silver Contributor
  May 28, 2021
  The Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool doesn't detect all malwares and it only has list of well-known and dangerous malware and not the entire list of all malwares. Meaning, your system might have been infected with other malwares which are not in the list of this tools.
  To scan for complete list of malwares, you have either use updated version of the Windows Defender or Safety Scanner which contains list of all malwares.
  It is also assumption and something else might cause this issue but it worth a try to find out.
  - Peter86PL
    Copper Contributor
    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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