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

[Ashley Benton]

On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 12:20 PM, Bart Silverstrim <
bsilver at chrononomicon.com> wrote:

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> Ashley Benton wrote:
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> > I didn't know I had to look for i386 but I found a i386 folder with .dll
> and
> > .sys. .cab and .ax files can that help? and how? as I say I am using only
> > Ubuntu and don't have any idea how Windows works except system restore
> and
> > reinstall.
>
> There should be a couple .exe or .com files...one's a command-prompt
> version of the installer, one runs under Windows.
>
> If that's a full i386 folder, that is.
>
> Be aware you probably still need the key unless it's hidden in an
> installation routine, as some OEM installs were. Or it may be on the
> case somewhere. For reasons known only to Redmond Windows will happily
> wipe out your drive and your data before actually asking for the key, at
> which point you're screwed without a backup.
>

Thanks I will try to find out and ask my neighbor for the key. I actually
copied all the hard drive on ubuntu so if I do something wrong I'll just
copy it back on the hard drive and try again.
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