can I fix windows with linux

[Michael Havens]

thanks kevin~!

On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 10:27 AM, Stephen <cryptworks at gmail.com> wrote:

> oo that's a nice tidbit. will have to investigate myself.
>
> On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 10:08 AM, Kevin Fries <kevin at fries-biro.com>
> wrote:
> > Look at Trinity Resource Kit (trinityhome.org)... We used it here at
> > work during a major virus outbreak.  All our heavy lifting back end is
> > Linux, but all our front end web and document processing (parsing
> > windows documents) are windows.  Last May, one of our customers slipped
> > us a virus, and we didn't catch it before it started spreading thoughout
> > the Windows server farm. Three data centers in two countries... It was a
> > "fun" time for all.  But we got through it thanks to TRK.  It did a
> > terrific job of cleaning our machines, then we put a new AV on, and away
> > they went.
> >
> > Fortuanately for us, a huge number of our desktops are Linux and Mac, so
> > we already had *Nix based machines to run TRK from. But, it does run as
> > a live CD.
> >
> > HTH
> > Kevin
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 2012-01-20 at 09:59 -0700, Michael Havens wrote:
> >> Thanks for letting me know.... I'll look into it!
> >>
> >> On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 6:16 AM, Stephen <cryptworks at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>         A Linux install with clamAV can hunt for virii. And you can
> >>         probably Chechen some configuration files or replace broken
> >>         files with known good ones. But usually I use Linux for data
> >>         recovery.
> >>
> >>         To clean out windows I would suggest malware bytes and avast
> >>         AV. But I would also create a new admin user so with the blank
> >>         profile you have a easier shot at getting things to run.
> >>
> >>         I think Avira has a Linux based live scanner CD available.
> >>
> >>         On Jan 19, 2012 5:10 PM, "Michael Havens" <bmike1 at gmail.com>
> >>         wrote:
> >>
> >>                 Someone asked me if I could clean their installation
> >>                 of windows xp and I told them I would look into it. I
> >>                 was hoping for a live distribution of linux that will
> >>                 clean a windows system. If there isn't something like
> >>                 that could you give me a crash course on what I need
> >>                 to know? I know about msconfig to speed up things but
> >>                 is there something else I need to know about? If I can
> >>                 clean their system what virus scanner do you suggest I
> >>                 install? I'm going to suggest linux to them and give
> >>                 them backtrack if I spark any interest. They also want
> >>                 me to build a website for them. So I guess I need a
> >>                 crash course on that. What do you suggest for a
> >>                 quick-n-easy way to  learn that?
> >>
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