Portable MSE offering

emmjay · 09. Jan 2011, 08:23 PM

I was looking for a portable AV and ended up finding one on this site. I noticed that someone asked if MSE had a portable offering, but the question was not answered. I went off to find if there was one but I was continually sent to the MS Malicious Malware Removal Tool. One site sent me to the One Care Safety Scanner ... getting closer!

I came across this today...
MS runs a portable version of MSE, but it is only available to its corporate clients. It runs from Windows PE and is called Standalone System Sweeper. It is incorporated in the Diagnostic & Recovery Toolset (DaRT) in W7 Enterprise. There is no realtime protection, however it uses the same malware definitions as MSE.

eyeb · 09. Jan 2011, 10:14 PM

i'd stick with the avira rescue cd... sounds about the same thing

J_L · 02. Oct 2011, 04:22 AM

For all users of this tool, please check this folder: C:\Windows\Standalone System Sweeper
It includes the downloaded program, and all of its definitions, even old ones. Took 1.07 GB of my space!
Safe to delete, because the program downloads everything in the first place. I've added a CCleaner include rule (3rd option).

Personally, I prefer it over other Rescue CDs, because it uses Windows PE 3.1, and supports more hardware (like my RAID).

09. Jan 2011, 08:23 PM	#1 (permalink)
emmjay Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 226	Portable MSE offering I was looking for a portable AV and ended up finding one on this site. I noticed that someone asked if MSE had a portable offering, but the question was not answered. I went off to find if there was one but I was continually sent to the MS Malicious Malware Removal Tool. One site sent me to the One Care Safety Scanner ... getting closer! I came across this today... MS runs a portable version of MSE, but it is only available to its corporate clients. It runs from Windows PE and is called Standalone System Sweeper. It is incorporated in the Diagnostic & Recovery Toolset (DaRT) in W7 Enterprise. There is no realtime protection, however it uses the same malware definitions as MSE.

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09. Jan 2011, 10:14 PM	#2 (permalink)
eyeb Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Planet X Posts: 487	i'd stick with the avira rescue cd... sounds about the same thing

02. Oct 2011, 04:22 AM	#3 (permalink)
J_L Co-Author, Best Free Security List Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,475	For all users of this tool, please check this folder: C:\Windows\Standalone System Sweeper It includes the downloaded program, and all of its definitions, even old ones. Took 1.07 GB of my space! Safe to delete, because the program downloads everything in the first place. I've added a CCleaner include rule (3rd option). Personally, I prefer it over other Rescue CDs, because it uses Windows PE 3.1, and supports more hardware (like my RAID).