thanks kevin~! On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 10:27 AM, Stephen wrote: > oo that's a nice tidbit. will have to investigate myself. > > On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 10:08 AM, Kevin Fries > 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 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" > >> 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 - > >> PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail > >> settings: > >> > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------- > >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - > >> PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> :-)~MIKE~(-: > >> --------------------------------------------------- > >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > -- > A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from > rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. > > Stephen > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: