Bryce wrote: > > I was just sitting here using wonderful Linux to disinfect my company's > network, computer by computer when a thought came to mind, a bootable linux > CD designed exclusively for booting into linux, mounting every winBLOWS > partition, and doing a virus scan on the whole drive. Would anyone be > interested in helping me develop such a thing. I'm not really experienced > with that end of Linux but I know it's possible. I'd like to have something like that... I wonder if the "free" DOS version of F-Prot could be used along with DOSemu (or whatever that thing is)? Additional random thought: maybe boot from a CD, but run the scanner from a floppy. Signature-based scanners don't age very gracefully and it'd be a nuisance to burn a new CD daily (or even weekly). Steve > > Just a thought, > Bryce C. > Network Administrator / Scripting Consultant > CoBryce Communications > Bryce@BryceCo.Net > http://www.BryceCo.Net > > P.S. One day I might even market it as a total disinfector. Just pop it in > and reboot for a clean computer. > > ________________________________________________ > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss