That Avira rescue disk may help if you have a virus infection in the windows system, but I do not believe it will do anything about a malware or rootkit infection. I have fixed a number of peop;es windows systwms using the free software from http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 7:20 PM, Bryan O'Neal < Bryan.ONeal@theonealandassociates.com> wrote: > You know my windows systems very rearly get infected. But I run free AV/AM > software and use noscript and don't use adobe product save when absolutly > required. That said the Avira Rescue CD sounds quite interesting - thanks > for the heads up. Up till now I have been using UBCD4Win on friends / family > computers. UBCD4Win offers more flexability but the Avira CD may be a nice > silver bullit for many casses. And is a lot easier to create ;) > > http://www.free-av.com/en/products/12/avira_antivir_rescue_system.html > http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ > > On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 7:08 PM, keith smith wrote: > >> >> Hi, >> >> Life is interesting. My XP box has been infected twice in less than a >> year. >> >> Today I got a malware infection. >> >> I found what seems to be a solution to fixing my system - Avira Rescue CD. >> >> Anyone have any experience with Avira Rescue CD? It supposedly is Linux >> based. >> >> Thanks in advance! >> ------------------------ >> Keith Smith >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> 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 > -- Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive. - Thomas Jefferson