Introduction: Protect your network from Windows XP malicious software - the permanent job. Learn how you can ease your work using manual starting utilities Microsoft's Malicious Software Removal Tool, which finds and removes malicious software.

If you have Windows XP network administrator, a vital part of your duties is to be more complete removal of viruses and other malicious software from computers on your network. You may not guess it, but each time, connect to the site updates Microsoft's Windows Update and running updates search, you actually oberegaete your computers from viruses, as well as among other things, the site runs the program Malicious Software Removal Tool . This utility is designed to search for and delete the most common malware such as Blaster, Sasser, and Mydoom from your system before downloading and installing updates.

However, if you want to check your system for malicious programs more frequently, you can do so by visiting the page Malicious Software Removal Tool at the Microsoft site and manually running a crawl. (Microsoft updates this tool on the second Tuesday of every month.) Here's how you can do it:

1 ... Go to Internet Explorer visit Malicious Software Removal Tool.
2 ... Click on Check for viruses on my computer (Check My PC For Infection).
3 ... In the window that appears User License Agreement (Microsoft End-User License Agreement) read the license agreement and select I agree (I Agree), and then click Continue (Continue).
4 ... Follow the prompts to customize utility.
5 ... Wait until the scanning is performed in the background.
6 ... Look recorded when scanning finish.