

To use Windows Defender Offline Beta, you need to follow the following steps: UPDATE: Windows Defender in Windows 10 now allows you to conduct an Offline Scan, that can help you get rid of persistent and difficult-to-remove malware and malicious software, using the latest threat definitions. You can perform a Windows Defender boot-time scan with the Offline Scan feature in Windows 10. Armed with definition files, Windows Defender Offline can detect such malicious and potentially unwanted software, and then notify you of the risks. Windows Defender Offline can help remove such hard-to-find malicious programs. Sometimes, malware or potentially unwanted software installs themselves on your PC, when you are installing some software or when you visit unsavory websites on the Internet. It was earlier called Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper. Windows Defender Offline can be saved to removable media like a CD, DVD, or USB drive and can be booted from it to start the scan.


While most other security tools remove malware after Windows has started, they cannot remove some hard-to-remove malware like Rootkits, as they activate their malicious code before the Windows operating system starts. Microsoft has released a new tool called Windows Defender Offline Tool.
