can I fix windows with linux

[James Crawford]

I will second Trinity, I keep a live cd, at work, Used it to clean up 
several User Errors on our Win systems. it will scan with several 
different av scanners. Do look through its documentation as there are 
various scripts already setup to do various things. James C. >Look at 
Trinity Resource Kit (trinityhome.org)... We used it here at >work 
during a major virus outbreak. All our heavy lifting back end >Linux, 
but all our front end web and document processing (parsing >windows 
documents) are windows. Last May, one of our customers slipped >us a 
virus, and we didn't catch it before it started spreading thoughout >the 
Windows server farm. Three data centers in two countries... It was a 
 >"fun" time for all. But we got through it thanks to TRK. It did a 
 >terrific job of cleaning our machines, then we put a new AV on, and 
away >they went. > >Fortuanately for us, a huge number of our desktops 
are Linux and Mac, so >we already had *Nix based machines to run TRK 
from. But, it does run as >a live CD. > >HTH >Kevin On Fri, 2012-01-20 
at 09:59 -0700, Michael Havens wrote:

> Thanks for letting me know.... I'll look into it!
>
> On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 6:16 AM, Stephen<cryptworks at gmail.com>  wrote:
>          A Linux install with clamAV can hunt for virii. And you can
>          probably Chechen some configuration files or replace broken
>          files with known good ones. But usually I use Linux for data
>          recovery.
>
>          To clean out windows I would suggest malware bytes and avast
>          AV. But I would also create a new admin user so with the blank
>          profile you have a easier shot at getting things to run.
>
>          I think Avira has a Linux based live scanner CD available.
>
>          On Jan 19, 2012 5:10 PM, "Michael Havens"<bmike1 at gmail.com>
>          wrote:
>
>                  Someone asked me if I could clean their installation
>                  of windows xp and I told them I would look into it. I
>                  was hoping for a live distribution of linux that will
>                  clean a windows system. If there isn't something like
>                  that could you give me a crash course on what I need
>                  to know? I know about msconfig to speed up things but
>                  is there something else I need to know about? If I can
>                  clean their system what virus scanner do you suggest I
>                  install? I'm going to suggest linux to them and give
>                  them backtrack if I spark any interest. They also want
>                  me to build a website for them. So I guess I need a
>                  crash course on that. What do you suggest for a
>                  quick-n-easy way to  learn that?
>
>                  --
>                  :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
>
>                  ---------------------------------------------------
>                  PLUG-discuss mailing list -
>                  PLUG-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
>                  To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail
>                  settings:
>                  http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
>
>          ---------------------------------------------------
>          PLUG-discuss mailing list -
>          PLUG-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
>          To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:
>          http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
>
>
>
> -- 
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
> ---------------------------------------------------
> PLUG-discuss mailing list -PLUG-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:
> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss