clamwin

[mike havens]

please correct me if I am wrong  but it seems to me that you should
burn a new instance of this every time you the computer gets infected.
 then you are running the mot current version of the software don't
you think?

On 5/23/08, mike havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> That is SO helpful! But it isn't open source:(
>
> On 5/23/08, Jon M. Hanson <jon at the-hansons-az.net> wrote:
> > On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 07:20:04PM +0000, mike havens wrote:
> > > When I attempt to download clam win for my windows box it always
> > > freezes. Does anyone know why this is?
> > >
> > > I just discovered that I needed it because I was infected.....
> > > everything broke on the laptop! I figured that it would be easier to
> > > just reinstall a fresh instance of the OS rather than mess with
> > > downloading the AV with a virus in the system. So that is what I
> > > did..... I even got the network working again without asking. Well, I
> > > called broadband tech support but I figured out what the problem was
> > > before he did. I had set a static IP for the card  but the card didn't
> > > like that. Perhaps I should dd the hd and then put a fresh instance on
> > > it. Or is that just overkill?
> >
> > Once you have a virus you can't trust anything on the operating system.
> > Many viruses have built-in logic to kill running anti-virus programs or
> > any attempts to install them. At this link
> > (http://www.free-av.com/en/tools/12/avira_antivir_rescue_system.html) is
> > a bootable CD that runs Linux which will also scan for viruses on your
> > system. If you're operating system isn't running then neither are the
> > viruses that can hide themselves by intercepting operating system calls.
> >
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