[clue-tech] Windows virus

[dennisjperkins at comcast.net]

This is in a work laptop. I'll try Knoppix. 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David L. Willson" <DLWillson at TheGeek.NU> 
To: "CLUE technical discussion" <clue-tech at cluedenver.org> 
Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 3:31:20 PM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain 
Subject: Re: [clue-tech] Windows virus 

I've used KNOPPIX for that, but it's easier just to pull the Windows hard drive and mount it to a Linux workstation to do the scan. I've done that a LOT. 

David L. Willson 
Trainer, Engineer, Enthusiast 
MCT, MCSE, Linux+ 
tel://720.333.LANS 

----- dennisjperkins at comcast.net wrote: 

> I'm trying to disinfect a Windows computer. The antivirus program 
> finds a virus and I get rid of it. After I do this and reboot the 
> computer, there is another virus and I repeat the process. Does anyone 
> know of a small Linux distro that is designed to clean a Windows 
> machine of viruses? 
> 
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