I'm running into the situation, quite regularly lately, where I have to do a 
virus scan of a machine that has either out-dated or no anti-virus software. 
Obviously, just installing some anti-virus software and hoping that will 
clean up everything afterwards is not a good solution.

Therefore, I'm looking at live CD's containing clamav that I can use, along 
with the ntfs-3g drivers. They work, but they are all out of date. Knoppix 
hasn't been updated in over a year, and the more recent INSERT is only at 
version 0.90. While I can update the virus definitions on both (usually), I 
want to run the latest version of the scan engine too for maximum 
effectiveness.

So, does anyone know of a live CD with an up-to-date version of the scan 
engine?

If the answer is no, I've been thinking about an alternative. Remastering a 
Knoppix CD is possible, but a time consuming pain. I know, I've done it. So I 
was thinking I could get the source, compile it (staticly linked to minimize 
missing library problems) and copy that to a flash drive, then use the 
binaries on the flash drive with a live CD, such as Knoppix or INSERT. Has 
anyone done this and has pointers for me?
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