



Microsoft’s Malicious Software Removal Tool is a free tool that checks systems running supported versions of the Windows operating system for signs of infection by prevalent malicious software. The Other is Poison, aka PoisonIvy, a backdoor Trojan from the old school that’s been circulating since at least 2006. In a blog post on Wednesday on the company’s Malware Protection Center Threat Research and Response Blog, Microsoft said that SpyEye was one of two families of malware which have had their signatures added to the MSRT. The company takes aim at the ubiquitous SpyEye banking trojan with its free Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT), saying that the malware is more common than ever, and is being used to grab data from sensitive online sessions.
