MS Removal Tool is a new version of the fake antivirus program called System Tool. It infects your computer and tries to force you into buying it. MS Removal Tool pretends to scan your computer and reports several virus infections. If you accept to fix the alleged problems, you get directed to buy the full version of MS Removal Tool. Here you can find MS Removal Tool removal instructions.

A typical symptom you receive when infected with MS Removal Tool is that your desktop gets replaced with a huge “Your computer is infected” warning message. The full message is as follows:

Warning!
You are in danger!
Your computer is infected with Spyware!
All you do with computer is stored forever in your hard disk.
When you visit sites, send emails… All your actions are logged. And it is impossible to remove them with standard tools. Your data is still avaible for forensics. And in some cases for your boss, your friends, your wife, your children.

MS Removal Tool is a trojan so do not expect it to come with a buil-in uninstaller. Furthermore, in order to complicate removal, MS Removal Tool blocks and disable your programs including your anti-virus, in order to make it that much harder for you to remove it. In order to remove MS Removal Tool, you need to work around its blocking ability as follows:

In Windows, click on Start and select Run. Type ‘shell:common appdata’ without the quotes. This will open your Common Application Data folder.
Double-click on the above folder to open it.
Inside this folder, locate a randomly named folder, example hfoKMwstpqrcT. Double-click it to open it. If it only contains one oddly named file (example hfoKMwstpqrcT.exe), this means that you have found the right folder. Note that the folder name and the file name will be an exact match.
Right-click the file and choose ‘delete’.
Bookmark this page, you may need to refer back to it after computer restart (see next step).
After you successfully delete the above file, restart your computer.
Once you are able to delete the above file and restart your computer, you should be able to run your own anti-virus program to remove MS Removal Tool. Update your existing anti-virus program and run a full system scan to remove MS Removal Tool.

If your anti-virus in unable to pick up the infection, or if you have any trouble with the above steps, you can download this tool which can work around MS Removal Tool’ blocking abilities and remove it.