Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Malicious Software Removal Tool" in English language version.
Microsoft delivered the first version of the MSRT on January 13, 2005 in 24 languages to users of Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 computers.
Q3. How can I disable the infection-reporting component of the tool so that the report is not sent back to Microsoft? A3. An administrator can choose to disable the infection-reporting component of the tool by adding the following registry key value to computers [~snip~]