Topic: Windows Defender - Offline (release)

Formerly known as MS Standalone System Sweeper (beta).  Released approx. mid-April 2012.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/wind … er-offline big_smile

Re: Windows Defender - Offline (release)

An addendum to note:

MicroSoft wrote:

"it's important to always have the most up-to-date definitions installed in Windows Defender Offline."

Actually, this is incorrect.  It should read "it's a prerequisite to always have the most up-to-date definitions installed in Windows Defender Offline.  Therefore an active internet connection is required to successfully utilize Windows Defender Offline" with out-of-date definitions. (XP, NT6 - unknown) sad

Therefore, i would recommend that MicroSoft renames this "Rescue-CD", unless 'she' enables users to manually download on-demand updates for true offline usage from another system, regardless of OS.  This could allow valid customers to prepare a machine-specific offline rescue disk long before the need to use it, without concern of internet connectivity on the potentially "infected" machine.
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Last edited by TechDud (2012-06-18 07:54:24)