New Windows Defender

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/what-is-windows-defender-offline

Came across this from a techy newsletter and wondered if anyone had heard or used this? May be another option in setting up a rescue disc type recovery for comps.

Quote from article -

Microsoft's newly released beta version of Windows Defender Offline, a rootkit-sniffing and Windows-rehabilitation tool, should be the latest addition to your bag of Windows-repair tricks.

WDO should be able to catch a wide variety of nasties that evade detection by more traditional antivirus methods.

Although the name's been around for years, don't confuse this new version of WDO with previous incarnations — it's a whole new animal and helps PC users in two very different situations:

1. Windows won't boot: You can boot your machine with a WDO CD or USB drive, and WDO will perform a detailed malware scan.

2. You suspect you have a rootkit: WDO can scan your system and remove many different kinds of rootkits.


In short, there's every indication that Windows Defender Offline is based on the Forefront/Microsoft Security Essentials code base and has absolutely nothing in common with the old Windows Defender — regardless of what you may have read in the computer press.

 

Creating an .iso of this to test it out.

Is this not the same thing as Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper Beta ?

I realize the names are different. Just wondering if it's the same thing with a different name slapped onto it.

 

Kudos to thisisu.:major

Another quote from article -

WDO is almost identical to an earlier product called Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper.

 

http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/5215/windowsdefenderoffline.png

They should call it MSE Offline :-D

 

Where does it say that in the article?

 

http://windowssecrets.com/top-story/windows-defender-offline-old-name-new-use/

 

Thanks!