oo that's a nice tidbit. will have to investigate myself. On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 10:08 AM, Kevin Fries 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 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" >>         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? >> >>                 -- >>                 :-)~MIKE~(-: >> >> >>                 --------------------------------------------------- >>                 PLUG-discuss mailing list - >>                 PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>                 To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail >>                 settings: >>                 http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >>         --------------------------------------------------- >>         PLUG-discuss mailing list - >>         PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>         To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>         http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> >> >> -- >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss