![]() It is not meant to be used as a day-to-day tool, as it does not provide real-time protection against viruses, cannot update its virus definitions and expires after ten days. It was released on 15 April 2011, following the discontinuation of Windows Live OneCare Safety Scanner. Microsoft Safety Scanner is a free disposable virus scanner similar to Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool that can be used to scan a system for computer viruses and other forms of malware. Sometimes you can’t trust your security software to have blocked a specific threat.Windows 10 Windows 8 Windows 8.1 Windows 7 Windows Server 2003 Windows Vista Windows XP ġ21.75 MiB (32-bit) 125.05 MiB (64-bit) įreeware, only for development and test purposes If your computer is playing up, but your security tool swears blind there’s nothing wrong, you might want to get a second opinion. ![]() The problem is, you can’t just go and install another anti-virus tool, because chances are it’ll conflict with the program already on your system. What you need to do is run an anti-malware tool that has scan-and-remove capabilities, but doesn’t offer any realtime protection. If you don’t want to install another program on your PC, try a portable option: download the program, run the scan, job done. Microsoft Safety Scanner is one such tool – it presumably uses the same virus definitions and technologies as Microsoft’s popular Security Essentials package, albeit without any real-time protection. Just download the correct version (this is the 64-bit version, there’s also a 32-bit version available), then double-click the tool and follow the instructions. ![]() Start with a quick scan, migrating to the full scan if nothing is found and you still don’t trust the results.
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