On Mon, Jan 21, 2008 at 11:07:11PM -0600, Robert wrote: > 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 They work, but they are all out of date.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.
I haven't got experience with this myself, but a colleague of mine installed the ubuntu live CD on a USB memory stick, which then has the ability to update itself. google gave me this: http://www.debuntu.org/how-to-install-ubuntu-linux-on-usb-bar -- Jan-Pieter Cornet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> !! Disclamer: The addressee of this email is not the intended recipient. !! !! This is only a test of the echelon and data retention systems. Please !! !! archive this message indefinitely to allow verification of the logs. !! _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html
