<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 10:56 AM, Eberhard Roloff <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tuxebi@gmx.de">tuxebi@gmx.de</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">Ashley Benton wrote:<br>
> Hi, I am using Ubuntu 8.10. One of my neighbors ask me to fix his<br>
> computer and I am stuck. The computer is Windows 2000 and doesn't work<br>
> at all by itself<br>
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</div>This one puzzles me. A virus/Trojan/you name it infection nearly never<br>
renders a windows computer to "doesn't work at all". Are you sure, virus<br>
related issues are the only problem that you are having here?</blockquote><div> </div><div>It seems so about 5 trojan and 2 adware generic, Anyway all the CPU is used and the computer completely unresponsive. I tried the live cd and it also became unresponsive. So I just mounted the hard drive on my computer, no more problem.<br>
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so I mounted his hard drive on my computer. From Ubuntu<br>
> I tried a few anti virus programs but the only things they do is find<br>
> the viruses . Since I don't know Windows I don't want just to delete the<br>
> files or system. Is there a program that I can use from Ubuntu to fix<br>
> his Windows and get rid of the viruses?<br>
</div>Every virus scanner that I know of, both Linux and Windows, offers three<br>
options on how to handle a virus that has been detected.<br>
1. Just warn<br>
2. delete the affected file(s)<br>
3. move those files to a save place<br>
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Use option 3.<br>
<div class="im"></div></blockquote><div><br>I have no option, it just tell me which files are infected with what and where. I tried clamav, and avg. I also tried avast but it only crashed. <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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I would have save the documents<br>
> and reinstall his Windows but there are no rescue cds or floppies and I<br>
> am a little lost as I don't how I can help him anymore.<br>
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</div>Ask him, if he prefers to work fully virus-free in the years to come?</blockquote><div><br>I did a while ago and he is not ready for a change <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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