Re: Wubi installation, Antivirus for Windows in Linux

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Author: Renato Patron
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Subject: Re: Wubi installation, Antivirus for Windows in Linux
I'm downloading it, but is an EXE file... do you know how to extract the
iso form it?
Renato
On Sun, 2009-04-26 at 11:21 -0700, Jon M. Hanson wrote:
> 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.
> ---
> Jon M. Hanson (N7ZVJ)
> Homepage: http://the-hansons-az.net/drupal
> Jabber IM:
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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.
> >> ---
> >> Jon M. Hanson (N7ZVJ)
> >> Homepage: http://the-hansons-az.net/drupal
> >> Jabber IM:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 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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