Microsoft has released a new security tool for Windows PCs called Windows Defender Offline Tool which you can use to scan you computer for malware before Windows even ...

Microsoft's bootable security scanner has emerged from beta and deserves a permanent place in your Windows bag of tricks Microsoft’s rootkit-busting scanner, Windows Defender Offline, has emerged from ...

Available as a public beta, a new version of Windows Defender is designed to run off a CD or USB stick to scan your PC for malware before Windows loads. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer ...

I was recently talking to someone I know about using Windows Defender to scan their system, and they decided to use the "offline scan" option (the one that reboots and does a scan before loading ...