Wubi installation, Antivirus for Windows in Linux

[Stephen]

Pasibly some issues on disk

If you have an old drive someplace you can add it for linux

On 4/26/09, Renato Patron <linux at patrondesigns.com> wrote:
> Ok, I installed Ubuntu using Wubi, but it doesn't load. It starts and
> then it hangs and the computer shuts down.
> I tried Ubuntu using the Live CD feaure and it works perfectly.
> I'm lost...
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Renato
>
>
> On Sun, 2009-04-26 at 11:27 -0700, Jon M. Hanson wrote:
>> It will burn the ISO directly in Windows. It you tell it not to it
>> will then ask if you want to extract the ISO file from it so you can
>> but it on your own.
>> ---
>> Jon M. Hanson (N7ZVJ)
>> Homepage: http://the-hansons-az.net/drupal
>> Jabber IM: jon at the-hansons-az.net
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Apr 26, 2009, at 11:26 AM, Renato Patron wrote:
>>
>> > I'm downloading it, but is an EXE file... do you know how to extract
>> > the
>> > iso form it?
>> > Renato
>> > On Sun, 2009-04-26 at 11:21 -0700, Jon M. Hanson wrote:
>> >> You can also try this:
>> >> http://free-av.com/en/tools/12/avira_antivir_rescue_system.html
>> >> . It will make a bootable CD (that runs Linux) that scans for viruses
>> >> and other bad stuff. Because it's running from a bootable CD any
>> >> rootkits in Windows can't hide because they aren't running.
>> >> ---
>> >> Jon M. Hanson (N7ZVJ)
>> >> Homepage: http://the-hansons-az.net/drupal
>> >> Jabber IM: jon at the-hansons-az.net
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Apr 26, 2009, at 11:18 AM, Renato Patron wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Jon,
>> >>>
>> >>> So far I've tried, MalwareBytes, Super Antispyware, DrWeb Live CD,
>> >>> and
>> >>> nothing...  The computer is still infected. I'm installing Ubuntu
>> >>> right
>> >>> now using Wubi. I'll keep you posted.
>> >>>
>> >>> Renato
>> >>>
>> >>> On Sun, 2009-04-26 at 11:03 -0700, Jon M. Hanson wrote:
>> >>>> Run this: http://www.superantispyware.com. Use the free edition and
>> >>>> it
>> >>>> should be able to clean things up.
>> >>>> ---
>> >>>> Jon M. Hanson (N7ZVJ)
>> >>>> Homepage: http://the-hansons-az.net/drupal
>> >>>> Jabber IM: jon at the-hansons-az.net
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On Apr 26, 2009, at 10:59 AM, Renato Patron wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> Hi all,
>> >>>>> I have a customer's computer that has been infected with a lot of
>> >>>>> malware/spyware. I can get into the PC but as soon as I connect to
>> >>>>> the
>> >>>>> Internet, the computer freezes.
>> >>>>> I'd like to install Ubuntu from scratch, but my customer is not
>> >>>>> completely sure about that. Also she has a lot of
>> >>>>> music/pictures/documents and some software in Windows that wants
>> >>>>> to
>> >>>>> use,
>> >>>>> and I think that having a dual-boot will be less complicated.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Does anybody have experience using Wubi on an infected Windows
>> >>>>> partition?
>> >>>>> Does anybody knows of an Antivirus for Windows that will work in
>> >>>>> Ubuntu
>> >>>>> so maybe I can cleanup the Windows partition?
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Thanks for your answers,
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Renato
>> >>>>>
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