I downloaded and tried the Avast! BART cd on a "hallmarked" machine, and
it didn't detect anything. Maybe it didn't have the newest signature
files. IMO UBCD4WIN is better as it has multiple antivirus and
anti-spyware programs, including the ability to update the antivirus
signatures from the internet (it updates them on the ramdisk). It's all
in vain, as no matter how many times I tell windows users not to click
on .exe and .vbs files they get in their email, they do it anyway. *sigh*
-Charles
Ryan Rix wrote:
Hi,
I use AVAST BART cd for my recovery. It's not a full XP live cd, only
boots to a minimal 98 or so install, no start menu or anything; it
provides a cmd prompt with check disk and such, and AVAST AV, and some
other disk utils, including a registry editor.
Of course it's neither free nor Free... :(
~Ryan
On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 9:04 AM, Charles Jones
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
I gave him a copy of a bootcd that I found somewhere some time ago,
"UBCD4WIN". It boots a live-cd of WindowsXP from a CD, and also
contains
various anti-virus and anti-spyware tools and utilities. So you boot
from the CD and since its a liveCD you can safely connect to the
network
and update the AV signatures before doing a scan and clean. Pretty
handy
for fixing winblows issues.
-Charles
Stephen wrote:
> a bootable AV screen is probably going to be needed, you may
find some
> specific tools on mcaffe and symantec sites.
>
> On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 8:55 AM, Charles Jones
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
>
>> What all is involved in the fix? One of my co-workers
apparently got his
>> laptop zapped by it. From what he said it infects the
winlogon.exe, so not
>> only do you have to clean the virus from loading, but you have
to replace
>> the winlogin.exe with a known good copy. What a pain.
Personally I cannot
>> believe that any mail filters still allow .exe file
attachments, or that
>> people would actually run a .exe file they received in email!
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Jamie Shackles
>> To: [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]> ;
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ; ricky b
>> ; Jill Bain ; Ricky Bezanson ; fernalena golding ; RUDY H ;
Vince None ;
>> Joey Prestia
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 8:21 PM
>> Subject: Hallmark E cards attack
>> I don't know if anyone else has been receiving these ehallmark
postcards,
>> but *don't open it* I have been getting about 3 a day, but I
saw them for
>> what they were worth, and have not opened them. My parents, on
the other
>> hand, did open it and it took a good 3 hours to fix the
computer. Nasty
>> nasty virus!
>>
>> ~ Jamie
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