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Defender Offline on DVD failed because no internet connection
Hi All,
My friend has a 32bit Vista laptop that probably has some viruses. It is not possible to connect to the net using the Vista machine unless the full Vista OS boots. Not possible to connect using the Defender Offline OS. I live in India and get internet thru a cellular modem that apparently requires the full OS to be up and running.
Also (for some unknown reason) the Vista BIOS does not allow or offer booting from the USB ports. I wish it did.
Using my 64bit Win 7 laptop I downloaded 32bit Defender Offline and installed it onto a DVD. The DVD install was successful. Then I popped the DVD into the Vista and Defender Offline booted up nice. Then it said something like "Unable to scan because an internet connection is required to update definitions."
Uh-oh! Not good.
It says that if Defender Offline is used with optical media, then no net connection is required on the target PC. Anyway to solve this problem? Did I leave out any needed details? I'd really like to scan the Vista with Defender Offline.
In the meantime, I'm using Avast Free for a pre-boot scan on the Vista PC. I would love to also scan it with Defender Offline.
Any ideas to solve this? Thanks!
Tom