[ubuntu-uk] OT Linux based anti virus cds

[Simon Greenwood]

Ah, it was Clamav Live CD that I used to use. Command line/curses based but
very straighforward to set up and would keep its databases up to date if
you were disinfecting a network-enabled machine.

s/


On 29 November 2012 09:53, Andy Partington <andy.partington at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi
>>
>> I am looking into LInux based anti virus cd's  and found the following
>> site
>>
>> http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/linux-av-cd.html
>>
>> just wondered if anyone had an experience in this area and perhaps some
>> suggestions.
>>
>> I would assume cd's being read only makes them more immune from the type
>> of virius that may try and infect a flash drive type device that are
>> generally read / write.
>>
>> Basically looking for something like the system rescue cd, but for anti
>> virus.
>>
>> This may benefit others here too,   esp those with friends who use
>> Windows but also complain of getting viruses.
>>
>> Paul
>>
>
> I used to use ClamAV Live CD [1] which I believe is now called
> Opendiagnostics [2] worked pretty well, but I rarely do any of this sort of
> work any more so haven't had to use it but it still seems to be updated
>
> [1] https://launchpad.net/clamav-livecd
> [2] http://sourceforge.net/projects/opendiagnostics/
>
> Regards,
>
> Andy
>
>
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