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MSRT vs. MSERT: Using Microsoft native malware handlers

Microsoft provides Windows users with two tools that offer malware scanning and repair services, should those scans turn up anything in need of fixing. One is named MSRT; the other runs an executable called MSERT. (Microsoft also calls it the “Microsoft Safety Scanner.”) Naturally, this overlap raised my curiosity. That led me to explore these…