How to Remove Windows Viruses with Linux
February2, 2010 | ByJoshua Price |
Viruses.
They happen to almost everyone.
If they don’t happen to you, it’ll be
your cousin Stan w ho get joins the malw are-of-the-month club, and you’re
the only person he know s...
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How to Remove Windows Viruses with Linux
February2, 2010 | ByJoshua Price |
Viruses.
They happen to almost everyone.
If they don’t happen to you, it’ll be
your cousin Stan w ho get joins the malw are-of-the-month club, and you’re
the only person he know s w ho can fix a computer.
The problem is, things
are so screw ed up that Window s w on’t even start properly.
And if it does,
the virus has embedded itself so deeply that you can’t access the files and
tools you’d need to remove it.
Enter Linux.
By booting from a Linux Live CD or
USB, you can remove the offending programs manually or w ith a
Linux-based anti-virus program.
This guide w ill cover creation of a bootable USB Linux system as
w ell as a comparison of the antivirus softw are options.
Choosing a Linux Distro
There are a few criteria to look at w hen deciding exactly w hich to go w ith.
We’ll w ant something
fairly small, runs w ell from USB, auto-detects local hard drives, and able to w ork w ith a
persistence file s
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