[olug] [OT} Anti-virus boot scheme

[Don Kauffman]

I assume they are running Windoze of some version. McAfee has a free
virus scan on their website. I've used it a couple of times and it's
pretty good. It will give information as to what viri or worms infect
the computer and tells you how to get rid of them. 

http://us.mcafee.com/root/mfs/default.asp

I think  that Norton AV has an option to scan before installation but I
can't say for sure. That's one thing you might check out. 

Don Kauffman

On Tue, 2004-11-23 at 11:43, Mike Hostetler wrote:
> I volunteered my troubleshooting services to someone who seems to
> either have a virus issues or a power supply.  The issue is that the
> machine mysteriously shutsdown -- usually a sign of overheating from
> my experience, and I've seen viruses take up so many CPU cycles that
> the CPU overheats.  I've also seen just bad power supplies as well.
> 
> Anyway, back in the day (mid to late 90's) the most accepted way to
> scan for viruses was to boot from a floppy with a virus scanner on it
> to scan the hard drive.  Since I'm sure that this machine doesn't have
> an anti-virus on it, I don't want to load one on an already-infected
> machine.  Does anyone know of a modern anti-virus that you can use on
> a boot floppy or CD-ROM?