-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I found another good use for the Knoppix disk.
If you, or a friend, have a computer, which is running Win98, that has gotten infected with a virus or trojan, you can use your Knoppix disk to clean the Win98 disk. (Can be run on a Win2k or WinXP box as well, but I think you're limited to read only to the mounted disk.) Knoppix has the ability to install a virus scaning program (f-prot) once it is up and running - as long as you have an internet connection. Once that is completed, you are able to do an update on your definitions. Mount the "C:" drive, then perform a scan. If you are running as root, you will have write permission to the mounted disk. This will give you the ability to clean out the infected files. Use this with caution! Some files may get wiped out that are needed for the computer to run. This can be run from a gui interface, or from the command line. You can run a "dumb" scan first which will only display the infected files. This was very helpful in saving a computer that was taken over by a trojan/virus. The antivirus software and the personal firewall on the computer got hit before they could do their job. Neil - -- Neil Bower Registered User # 323470 ( http://counter.li.org ) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBAJT+L5PebEz22pURArd4AJ9S1zBKhHwswcoq6xe2kgTf8piBpQCdEHIW IWe7cFcJEPD0vYsjJDvmTq0= =1jDS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
