Re: Wubi installation, Antivirus for Windows in Linux

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Author: Jon M. Hanson
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Subject: Re: Wubi installation, Antivirus for Windows in Linux
You can also try this: http://free-av.com/en/tools/12/avira_antivir_rescue_system.html
. It will make a bootable CD (that runs Linux) that scans for viruses
and other bad stuff. Because it's running from a bootable CD any
rootkits in Windows can't hide because they aren't running.
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On Apr 26, 2009, at 11:18 AM, Renato Patron wrote:

> Jon,
>
> So far I've tried, MalwareBytes, Super Antispyware, DrWeb Live CD, and
> nothing... The computer is still infected. I'm installing Ubuntu
> right
> now using Wubi. I'll keep you posted.
>
> Renato
>
> On Sun, 2009-04-26 at 11:03 -0700, Jon M. Hanson wrote:
>> Run this: http://www.superantispyware.com. Use the free edition and
>> it
>> should be able to clean things up.
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>> Jon M. Hanson (N7ZVJ)
>> Homepage: http://the-hansons-az.net/drupal
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>>
>>
>>
>> On Apr 26, 2009, at 10:59 AM, Renato Patron wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>> I have a customer's computer that has been infected with a lot of
>>> malware/spyware. I can get into the PC but as soon as I connect to
>>> the
>>> Internet, the computer freezes.
>>> I'd like to install Ubuntu from scratch, but my customer is not
>>> completely sure about that. Also she has a lot of
>>> music/pictures/documents and some software in Windows that wants to
>>> use,
>>> and I think that having a dual-boot will be less complicated.
>>>
>>> Does anybody have experience using Wubi on an infected Windows
>>> partition?
>>> Does anybody knows of an Antivirus for Windows that will work in
>>> Ubuntu
>>> so maybe I can cleanup the Windows partition?
>>>
>>> Thanks for your answers,
>>>
>>> Renato
>>>
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