A great site to use to clean viri off MS and maybe others (I don't know as I've not tried with others) is
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/ It is free, up to date and very thorough.
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Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 1:27 PM
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Subject: Re: How to use Linux to remove a M$ lovesan virus?
My original inquiry was this:
> 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.
While I received a couple of helpful responses,
I also felt somewhat chastised by others for even asking this question:
> One wrote, in part: "... what you are seeking is something that defies
> what anyone could suggest as a recommended practice ... the only
> safe thing to do is to back up the data, reformat, reinstall, bring the
> system up to current including anti-virus and then bring the data back ...
> There aren't any shortcuts to good practices."
> Another wrote: "... 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."
> Another wrote: "Try http://www1.spywareinfo.com/ They have the
> software
> you need and the info (see the forums) to remove most anything. ...
> For any spy- mal-ware removal software you need the very latest build
> or you can't catch it all."
Seems to me that chasing this problem on a M$ OS system is a never- ending problem and a bottomless pit. I run Linux almost exclusively and
I have never had a virus, worm, trojan, or any other such malady.
My objective was/is _not_ to facilitate and encourage ongoing use
of any retarded M$ system, but rather to demonstrate yet another
dimension of Linux's ability too provide a remedy without having to
waste time and money on yet more anti-virus software and the endless
updating that is required of everyone who goes down that road.
I want to keep the focus on the greater stability and security that
she has when she boots to her Linux partition each time her M$
system gets messed up again.
We ended up copying important data files from the winxp partition to
the linux partition and reformatting and reinstalling the winxp partition,
but what a waste of time. Seems to me that it would have been a whole
lot easier and less time consuming to just find and delete the file(s) that
infected the winxp partition and let it continue to limp along in its usual
unstable, vulnerable, half-baked condition.
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