* *
I think a virus is A PROGRAM IN ITSELF. Is it attached to another? I don't
thinkso. That means if you d/l an iso the virus doesn't attach itself to the
iso.
Maybe.
On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 9:55 AM, Mark Phillips <
mark@phillipsmarketing.biz>wrote:
> OK, then I will ask a potentially silly question....;-)
>
> If I make a UBCD4WIN CD on an infected machine, will that CD be infected?
> Is there a way to make the CD on a potentially infected machine and not
> spread the viruses to the machines to be tested?
>
> I need to make one of these CDs, but I only have 1 Windows machine, and
> that one is acting strange....maybe an infection, but ClamAV and other free
> antivirus programs report it clean.
>
> Since there is only an .exe file for UBCD4WIN, I assume one has to make the
> iso image on a Windows machine - is this correct?
>
> I think I am in a chicken and egg situation.....
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mark
>
> On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 1:22 AM, Bryan O'Neal <boneal@cornerstonehome.com>wrote:
>
>> I should probably go back a reread this thread so I don't ask silly
>> questions, but...
>> The application you download for UBCD4WIN is installed locally, you run
>> the configuration script to tell it what you want on the CD, you feed it
>> your windows installation packages (it does not come with it due to
>> copywriter violation) and then it creates an iso for you to burn or a boot
>> image or what ever you ask it to. But it does not come with a bootable
>> image ready to go. That said, if you need a windows XP environment that is
>> live, packed with tools, and is under 700MB it is a good way to go.
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> *From:* plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us [mailto:
>> plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] *On Behalf Of *mike havens
>> *Sent:* Sunday, March 01, 2009 8:53 PM
>> *To:* Main PLUG discussion list
>> *Subject:* Re: UBCD4WIN
>>
>> Thanks for letting me know about this program. I was s=wondering though:
>> it seems that this was made to be installed. Is that so?
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 4:51 PM, mike havens <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> yes... I will do this this way. thanks for the thrashing! lol
>>>
>>> On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 4:31 PM, Lisa Kachold <lisakachold@obnosis.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Having this Windows ramdisk on a Flash disk, you MUST have copied it
>>>> correctly - it's going to need a partition of it's own (RAMDISKs are like
>>>> boot floppies); next you will need a BIOS that allows you to specify a USB
>>>> device in boot order. This is a complex process in itself.
>>>>
>>>> I can see you are spoiled by Nix? Under Linux you can download any iso
>>>> and loop mount it, then copy it in total to a new drive, edit it and reburn
>>>> it.
>>>>
>>>> In this way, one can trivially change any distro you provide for an
>>>> InstallFest, or as a gift for a new "trainee".
>>>>
>>>> You can brand your own installs, script additional features or process
>>>> startups (tunnels), preconfigure example files (hosts, sshd_config [certain
>>>> characters in files {alt255 on keypad} will keep any line from running while
>>>> it appears in the config file], recompile top/ls/df to do whatever you might
>>>> like, or simply run a script to add a rootkit for instance.
>>>>
>>>> I suggest that your repair ramdisk be made following the instructions -
>>>> *just use a CD*.
>>>>
>>>> obnosis.com <http://www.obnosis.com/> | wiki.obnosis.com| (503)754-4452
>>>> PLUG <http://http//plug.phoenix.az.us> HACKFESTS <http://uat.edu/> 2nd
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>>>> ------------------------------
>>>> Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 13:46:57 -0500
>>>> Subject: Re: UBCD4WIN
>>>> From: bmike1@gmail.com
>>>> To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
>>>>
>>>> is this not possible?
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 1:46 PM, mike havens <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I was hoping that what i could do is drag-n-drop the drive onto an icon
>>>> and not need to burn a cd. That way I could update it at home nd bring the
>>>> flash-drive to the job.
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 1:26 AM, Charles Jones <
>>>> charles.jones@ciscolearning.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> mike havens wrote:
>>>> > I downloaded it and am unpacking it now. I am, however, unclear as to
>>>> > where to get updates and how to install them into the program. What I
>>>> > am going to do is put it onto a flash drive and just update the virus
>>>> > info!
>>>>
>>>> Mike,
>>>>
>>>> Once you boot the disc (it takes a frighteningly long time to boot up
>>>> windows from a super-compressed CD), it will ask you first which shell
>>>> to launch, the default one is fine. Then it will ask if you want to
>>>> bring up the network interfaces. choose yes and just accept the defaults
>>>> (assuming DHCP). Then once you are online you can for instance launch
>>>> SpyBot Search & Destroy (one of the AV tools), and use the built-in
>>>> update function. It will connect to their server and download the
>>>> updates (to the RAMDISK) and then restart (spybot S&D restarts). You can
>>>> then do a scan with the newest updates.
>>>>
>>>> You can also use the web browser, etc, if you want to download install
>>>> your own program (if its small enough to fit in the ramdisk).
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