Microsoft Defender Scan Offline will perform a boot time scan which can help you get rid of persistent & difficult-to-remove malware from your Windows 11/10.

Here is a comparison between Windows Defender for Windows Security Quick, Full, Custom, and Offline Scans - and when you should run them.

In this how-to guide, I will explain how to perform an offline malware scan using Microsoft Defender Antivirus, whether you have a computer running Windows 11 (or Windows 10).

How to perform offline malware scan on Defender Antivirus On Windows 11, you may sometimes come across complex malware that the antivirus may not be able to remove while the system is running.

After many years of relying on third-party antivirus programs, Windows users finally got the first-party solution from Microsoft in the form of Windows Defender. With Windows 11, the tool comes ...

Run a malware scan on Windows 11 By default, Windows’ built-in security will run in the background and attempt to immediately block any malicious files that make their way to your computer.

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 boots. Windows Defender ...

Nothing beats free antivirus protection on Windows, like Microsoft Defender, but some of that software might not be as strong as you think based on a new study from an anti-malware assessment ...

Microsoft has released a new update for Windows Defender that has broken both the Quick and Full antivirus scans. When users use these scan options, Windows Defender will only scan approximately ...

If your PC is infected with persistent malware such as Rootkits, you should consider using Windows Defender Offline scan feature. In this article, you'll learn how Windows Defender Offline scan ...