Half OT/ How to remove a virus on windows using Ubuntu

[Eberhard Roloff]

Ashley Benton wrote:
> Hi, I am using Ubuntu 8.10. One of my neighbors ask me to fix his 
> computer and I am stuck. The computer is Windows 2000 and doesn't work 
> at all by itself 

This one puzzles me. A virus/Trojan/you name it infection nearly never 
renders a windows computer to "doesn't work at all". Are you sure, virus 
related issues are the only problem that you  are having here?


so I mounted his hard drive on my computer. From Ubuntu
> I tried a few anti virus programs but the only things they do is find 
> the viruses . Since I don't know Windows I don't want just to delete the 
> files or system. Is there a program that I can use from Ubuntu to fix 
> his Windows and get rid of the viruses? 
Every virus scanner that I know of, both Linux and Windows, offers three 
options on how to handle a virus that has been detected.
1. Just warn
2. delete the affected file(s)
3. move those files to a save place

Use option 3.


I would have save the documents
> and reinstall his Windows but there are no rescue cds or floppies and I 
> am a little lost as I don't how I can help him anymore.

Ask him, if he prefers to work fully virus-free in the years to come?

Kind regards
Eberhard