clamwin

[Jon M. Hanson]

Yes, on that download page they say they update it several times a day.

I fix computers on the side for people so when I think they have a virus
I'll get a copy of that. I don't burn it evert time, though. I write the
date I burned it on the CD and if it has been more than a month I'll
burn another one.

On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 01:21:56PM -0700, mike havens wrote:
> please correct me if I am wrong  but it seems to me that you should
> burn a new instance of this every time you the computer gets infected.
>  then you are running the mot current version of the software don't
> you think?
> 
> On 5/23/08, mike havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > That is SO helpful! But it isn't open source:(
> >
> > On 5/23/08, Jon M. Hanson <jon at the-hansons-az.net> wrote:
> > > On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 07:20:04PM +0000, mike havens wrote:
> > > > When I attempt to download clam win for my windows box it always
> > > > freezes. Does anyone know why this is?
> > > >
> > > > I just discovered that I needed it because I was infected.....
> > > > everything broke on the laptop! I figured that it would be easier to
> > > > just reinstall a fresh instance of the OS rather than mess with
> > > > downloading the AV with a virus in the system. So that is what I
> > > > did..... I even got the network working again without asking. Well, I
> > > > called broadband tech support but I figured out what the problem was
> > > > before he did. I had set a static IP for the card  but the card didn't
> > > > like that. Perhaps I should dd the hd and then put a fresh instance on
> > > > it. Or is that just overkill?
> > >
> > > Once you have a virus you can't trust anything on the operating system.
> > > Many viruses have built-in logic to kill running anti-virus programs or
> > > any attempts to install them. At this link
> > > (http://www.free-av.com/en/tools/12/avira_antivir_rescue_system.html) is
> > > a bootable CD that runs Linux which will also scan for viruses on your
> > > system. If you're operating system isn't running then neither are the
> > > viruses that can hide themselves by intercepting operating system calls.
> > >
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