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From: Thomas on 4 Apr 2010 07:45 Hello, i am looking for a linux live cd to scan windows pc for viruses. The linux image should include the necessary driver to mount windows ntfs and fat/fat32 filesystems but also the drivers for the usual linux filesystems. The linux image should consume only less resources (i.g. no X) to be able to run also on older hardware. Thanks in advance! Thomas
From: philo on 4 Apr 2010 10:04 Thomas wrote: > Hello, > i am looking for a linux live cd to scan windows pc for viruses. > The linux image should include the necessary driver to mount windows ntfs > and fat/fat32 filesystems but also the drivers for the usual linux > filesystems. > > The linux image should consume only less resources (i.g. no X) to be able > to run also on older hardware. > > Thanks in advance! > > Thomas I tried a number of them but they never were able to load the video drivers. I eventually found this (not Linux) and it worked http://www.techmixer.com/free-f-secure-rescue-bootable-cd-to-clean-virus-and-malware/
From: harv on 4 Apr 2010 11:16 On Sun, 4 Apr 2010 13:45:00 +0200 Thomas wrote: > Hello, > i am looking for a linux live cd to scan windows pc for viruses. > The linux image should include the necessary driver to mount windows > ntfs and fat/fat32 filesystems but also the drivers for the usual > linux filesystems. > > The linux image should consume only less resources (i.g. no X) to be > able to run also on older hardware. > > Thanks in advance! > > Thomas TRK may be what you are looking for. http://trinityhome.org/Home/index.php?wpid=1&front_id=12
From: Douglas Mayne on 4 Apr 2010 11:21 On Sun, 04 Apr 2010 13:45:00 +0200, Thomas wrote: > Hello, > i am looking for a linux live cd to scan windows pc for viruses. The > linux image should include the necessary driver to mount windows ntfs > and fat/fat32 filesystems but also the drivers for the usual linux > filesystems. > > The linux image should consume only less resources (i.g. no X) to be > able to run also on older hardware. > > Thanks in advance! > > Thomas > I use the F-Prot AV tools. They have a cross platform scanner, with a binary available for Linux. A quick google turns up this potential strategy: http://oligofren.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/anti-virus-on-a-stick-slax-f-prot/ However, if working from a live cd is a secondary consideration, and if you know how to put a Linux distribution on a flash/external disk, then any GNU/Linux distribution will most likely work and have the tools you need. Personally, that would be Slackware 13.0 for me. The recent addition of ntfs-3g read-write mounts gives a lot more flexibility than in the past. -- Douglas Mayne
From: DenverD on 5 Apr 2010 02:01
Thomas wrote: > Hello, > i am looking for a linux live cd to scan windows pc for viruses. > The linux image should include the necessary driver to mount windows ntfs > and fat/fat32 filesystems but also the drivers for the usual linux > filesystems. > > The linux image should consume only less resources (i.g. no X) to be able > to run also on older hardware. build _exactly_ the appliance you want/need here: http://susestudio.com/ -- DenverD (Linux Counter 282315) via Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (20090817), KDE 3.5.7 "release 72-11", openSUSE Linux 10.3, 2.6.22.19-0.4-default #1 SMP i686 athlon |