can I fix windows with linux

[Michael Havens]

okay.... I'm trying to get avast to work in TRK. I got the key for avast
and went to the computer running trk (I'm trying to update right now). then
I opened the file with vi and guess what.... it wasn't there. Is that
right? So I figured I was supposed to creeate it. But what goes in it? I
tried it with only the password but that doesn't seem to work. Hmmmmmmm....
perhaps the home directory it is supposed to be in is not the same as the
terminAl implies. What is the full file name?

On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 7:41 PM, James Crawford <jrefl5 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I will second Trinity, I keep a live cd, at work, Used it to clean up
> several User Errors on our Win systems. it will scan with several different
> avt now) scanners. Do look through its documentation as there are various
> scripts already setup to do various things. James C. >Look at Trinity
> Resource Kit (trinityhome.org)... We used it here at >work during a major
> virus outbreak. All our heavy lifting back end >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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