It is backed by the same definitions as Microsoft Defender. The tool (Microsoft Safety Scanner) is designed to find and remove malware.

Although I didn’t have that problem in my environment, I thought it acted as a good tool to be able to mass deploy as a secondary scan. For a 64 bit system Microsoft Safety Scanner occupies around 70 MB and for every 10 days you need to re-download the software for latest anti-malware definitions.After seeing that the MSERT tool by Microsoft (The Microsoft Safety Scanner) detected recent Exchange threats, I thought it would be prudent as a secondary measure to deploy the tool, scan, and make sure everything across our estate was clean. Microsoft Safety Scanner offers 3 ways of Scanning : Quick Scan, Full Scan and Customized scan.Īlthough Microsoft Safety Scanner doesn’t requires any installation, but the main drawback of the tool is the files size, which is heavy according my view when compared to other similar free Scanning software’s. So you can use Microsoft Safety Scanner along with any Antivirus software to double-check your system security status. What’s the use of ‘Microsoft Safety Scanner’ is, you can use it as backup security tool when a Security software or Antivirus software installed on your PC fails to detect suspicious programs. But you still need an Antivirus software to prevent and remove those harmful programs.

Microsoft Safety Scanner is just a security scrutineer of your system, that will scan your PC to detect harmful viruses, spyware, and other malicious software. Now Microsoft released another security tool ‘Microsoft Safety Scanner’, a free tool that will scan and detect malicious software on your system. Micrsoft is already giving “ Microsoft Security Essentials” a top rated Antivrus for free for legit or Genuine Windows 7 users.

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