Did this behavior ever occur prior to this instance ?
The Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool is updated each month with 2
of the most detected malwares and technically speaking, it does not
install, it just runs.
See if there's any clue in this MSKB:
Deployment of the Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool in
an enterprise environment
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/891716
MowGreen
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"Security updates should *never* have *non-security content* prechecked
wrote:
> Todays patches (8 Jun 2010) included an update for KB890830 which will not
> install on any of my servers. I have Windows Server 2000, 2003, 2003 x64,
> 2008, 2008 x64 and 2008 R2 and in each case the system downloads the file and
> runs it but never installs it and WSUS reports the servers as requiring this
> update. I can leave the systems reporting this required patch but at this
> time I can not install it and as it is required by my workstations (and
> appears to be installing correctly on them) I can not hide it / decline it.