clamwin

[Robert Nieto]

This is a complete life saver. No admin should leave the house without
it. It will clean viri, passwords, etc... Good luck.

http://trinityhome.org

mike havens 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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