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Zeena
April 6th, 2010, 02:51 PM
Hi :)

Scan a Windows PC For Viruses from a Ubuntu Live CD

How-To Geek Website 8)
Just found this : http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/14434/scan-a-windows-pc-for-viruses-from-a-ubuntu-live-cd/

Zeena
PC_Pete
April 6th, 2010, 10:28 PM
The presupposition of thie article is that the Linux version of Avast is at least as capable of detecting and removing Windows malware as is the Windows version. Anyone know if this is true?

Pete 8)
vlk
April 7th, 2010, 01:31 AM
Avast Linux Edition has the same engine (and detection capabilities) as avast 4.8 for Windows.
Brocke
April 7th, 2010, 01:41 AM
-{ Quote: "Avast Linux Edition has the same engine (and detection capabilities) as avast 4.8 for Windows." }-

will it be updated to version 5?
PC_Pete
April 7th, 2010, 02:08 AM
-{ Quote: "Avast Linux Edition has the same engine (and detection capabilities) as avast 4.8 for Windows." }-

Thanks Andy.
vlk
April 7th, 2010, 02:54 AM
-{ Quote: "will it be updated to version 5?" }-

Eventually, yes.
Brocke
April 7th, 2010, 03:56 AM
-{ Quote: "Eventually, yes." }-


ok :thumb: Thanks
CogitoTesting
April 7th, 2010, 10:36 AM
And still you will have some Windows users that will not be grateful to Linux...;D.


Thanks.
papillonn
April 7th, 2010, 10:59 AM
You don't need ubuntu to do this, just check out slax and it's security modules also dr.web livecd is awesome alternative.
Troy45
April 7th, 2010, 10:36 PM
I just use the Avira AntiVir Rescue System that is also Linux-based.

Very Easy to use.

Download program and execute. it will then ask to burn cd. If you hit "exit" you can save the ISO and burn with like ImgBurn (FREE).

http://www.free-av.com/en/tools/12/avira_antivir_rescue_system.html
doktornotor
April 8th, 2010, 01:12 AM
There's a lot of recovery live CDs (http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/2008/12/11/13-antivirus-rescue-cds-software-compared-in-search-for-the-best-rescue-disk/) - most of them are Linux-based. AVG (http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/2010/03/26/avg-offers-free-rescue-cd-to-repair-infected-machines/) is the latest free addition[/url].

Wrt Avira - if the thing they offer for download is the same what you get w/ v10 Premium version, then this was completely unusable for me, since someone horribly botched Xorg server configuration there, so the only thing I'd get was a black screen and a message from my LCD that it can't handle such refresh rates). Someone at the Avira forums also complained that mouse is not working there. :(