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Re: [LUG] OT: - cleaning w2k box

 

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
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