oo that's a nice tidbit. will have to investigate myself. On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 10:08 AM, Kevin Fries <[email protected]> wrote: > Look at Trinity Resource Kit (trinityhome.org)... We used it here at > work during a major virus outbreak. All our heavy lifting back end is > 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 <[email protected]> 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" <[email protected]> >> 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 - >> [email protected] >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail >> settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - >> [email protected] >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> >> >> -- >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
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