[olug] [OT} Anti-virus boot scheme

[Trent Melcher]

If this is a windoze box,  the new Norton 2005 CD is bootable to scan a
machine for viruses first.

Trent

Trent Melcher
Network/System Administrator
Startouch International LTD.
 

-----Original Message-----
From: olug-bounces at olug.org [mailto:olug-bounces at olug.org] On Behalf Of Mike
Hostetler
Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 11:44 AM
To: Omaha Linux User Group
Subject: [olug] [OT} Anti-virus boot scheme


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?

-- 
Mike Hostetler
http://www.binary.net/thehaas
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