Bootable AVs

I'm looking for a bootable anti-virus that I can put on CD or a USB flash drive to clean out a Windows machine. I did a search here, but only found posts from three years ago. Any suggestions?

 

Something like this:
http://www.avira.com/en/company_news/rescue_cd_.html

But these solutions have no auto-update function...every time you have to download the latest ISO to get the latest virus definitions.

 

Or this:

DrWeb LiveCD

Fax

 

the drweb one has a bultin updater and so does the f-secure one.

 

BitDefender

BitDefender Rescue CD ISO

 

avast! BART CD w/Windows PE (Not free, but pretty awesome tool.)

avast! BART

 

There's a newer version of F-Secure's Rescue CD since november 2008. You can get v3.01 here.

 

thanks. my google search just linked me to the older one.

 

See this thread, its got links to most AV Rescue CDs:
https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=219576

 

Nice thread. Wich of these boot cds can replace infected system files?

 

Thanks, good to know.

 

your welcome.
use Sputnik's link to get the lastest version.

 

Good experience with F-Secure's Rescue CD here, however the signature downloads are quite big so a fast connection without a data limit is recommended (please note it's also possible to put the latest signatures on a flashdisk!). If you have with a slow connection or a data limit I would recommend Dr. Web's live-cd instead.

 

Hmm. Replace an infected system? The best replacement is a clean image. Repairing an infected hard drive can be done by many antiviruses BUT, there is always a doubt if every infection is gone (at least, for me). A clean image is the way to go. I did not mean to highjack this thread but "pre" is much better than "post".

SourMilk out

 

You can also restore some system files using the recovery console ( boot from windows dvd ) but it does not always produce the desired result out of the box.

Images are cool, but there is also a different approach like the one offered by software like Rollback RX.

 

Alternatively just create a UBCD4Win cd and have an array of updateable AV/AS tools on the one disk.It comes with AntiVir,KVRT, ASquared,SAS,Spybot...etc by default.In addition to these I added plugins for DrWeb,Sophos,MBAM and VIPRE.