Virus checker on the live CD?

[Corey Burger]

On 5/19/05, Daniel Holbach <dh at mailempfang.de> wrote:
> Hey everyone, hi Tollef,
> 
> Am Donnerstag, den 19.05.2005, 11:47 +0200 schrieb Tollef Fog Heen:
> > Why not make it _really easy_ to boot the live CD and
> > then scan your system for viruses (using the clamav engine and some
> > clicky-friendly GUI) and optionally remove them?
> 
> aegis-virus-scanner (perl-gtk) is the only GUI I know for this purpose.
> 
> Have a nice day,
>  Daniel
> 
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A quick glace at gnome files reveals the following tools:

For clam:
ClamTk
AVScan
and the aformentioned Aegis Virus Scanner

For fprot:
Xfprot
Visual F-Prot

Looking at the UI of them, I would go with ClamTk or Aegis.

Corey