Re: How to use Linux to remove a M$ lovesan virus?

Josef Lowder wrote:

>Can someone on this list explain how to use Linux to remove
>M$ viruses (viri?) from a windows partition on a dual-boot system?
>
>And, is there a list of known M$ viruses, trojans, spyware, etc
>file names somewhere on the web that can be used to locate
>and identify viri files that should be and can be safely removed.
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What I would recommend is:


Disconect windows machine from network
Boot into windows
install some antivirus on the machine, such as avg.


*http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/2/

figure out what virus it has then go to symantec and get the removal
tool for that virus.



Jim
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