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On Thu, 2010-05-13 at 14:17 +0100, Julian Hall wrote: > On 13/05/2010 10:58, John Williams wrote: > > On Thu, 2010-05-13 at 07:10 +0100, tom wrote: > > > >> Thanks for the help so far - nothing seems to have picked it up yet though. > >> Is there anything that can be run from linux to do a complete scan on > >> an NTFS partition as its a dual boot machine? > >> Tom te tom te tom > >> > > Have you tried using the online scanners from a variety of different > > vendors, McAfee, Norton and any others. Assuming they still have those. > > > > > I'd guess those would use the same virus pattern definitions the local > program would use, so if the local one won't find it I'd be surprised if > they did. Having said that perhaps the local installation has been > infected so the remote one might do better. Tom mentioned he used AVG, not McAfee or Norton and whoever else has a free online scanner you can use. They would be using different definitions surely. -- John Williams My linux blog of notes and guides http://subbass.blogspot.com/ -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html