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A safe way to remove viruses from a computer without the risk of getting infected


"All the rescue CDs listed here can scan and clean both FAT and NTFS drives. It may seem strange to even mention that fact, but, in the past, some rescue CD products limited their cleanup to one file system or the other. All of them except PC Tools have the built-in ability to download updates; PC Tools handles updates by building a new version of the CD every week. Antivir and avast! go further, updating the rescue CD image with every virus definition update".


Kaspersky Rescue Disk

Quote:Boot from the Kaspersky Rescue Disk to scan and remove threats from an infected computer without the risk of infecting other files or computers.

Burn this ISO image to a CD, insert it into the infected system's CD-ROM drive, enter the PC's BIOS, set it to boot from the CD and reboot the computer.

This lists the Gentoo-specific options, along with a few options that are built-in to the kernel, but that have been proven very useful to our users.

Also, all options that start with "do" have a "no" inverse, that does the opposite. For example, "doscsi" enables SCSI support in the initial ramdisk boot, while "noscsi" disables it. Easily remove malicious objects from your computer without the risk of getting infected.

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AVG Rescue CD

Quote:You’ve installed AVG protection to help ensure you don’t get infected servers or workstations. However, if the unthinkable has already occurred, you need the AVG Rescue CD; a powerful must-have toolkit to assist with the rescue and repair of infected machines. This software provides essential utilities for system administrators and other IT professionals and includes the following features:

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Improved Avira AntiVir Rescue System

Quote:Our programmers spent a lot of work and drastically overhauled the Avira AntiVir Rescue System which is now available in version 3.7.16. Next to a much better usability due to the redesigned user interface and 11 supported languages the new version offers even improved detection and removal capabilities.

Avira AntiVir Rescue System uses Linux as operating system. The new kernel has much better and wider hardware support. The bootable CD can not only be used to analyse the system for malware infections and remove them, but also enables the user to get access to data on the system in case the operating system won’t start anymore so it can be backed up onto a USB drive, for example.

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Bootable Antivirus Rescue CD from BitDefender

Quote:Virus removal has become a very complex process today. Gone are the days, when you were required to download a standalone antivirus and it was sufficient for days for your PC Security from virus attacks.

But today’s malware attacks are intelligent. The first thing they do on your system is to make fool proof arrangements for hiding themselves. They modify your system files to make their detection absolutely impossible and get loaded during the boot process itself to take control of your entire system. At times, the system might become so much infected that it may be impossible even to boot it in a regular manner.

Many user think of formatting their system as the only option left. But if you have some important data, which has not yet been backup up, then this option also is a very difficult one to exercise.

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Trinity Rescue Kit | CPR for your computer

Quote:Trinity Rescue Kit or TRK is a free live Linux distribution that aims specifically at recovery and repair operations on Windows machines, but is equally usable for Linux recovery issues. Since version 3.4 it has an easy to use scrollable text menu that allows anyone who masters a keyboard and some English to perform maintenance and repair on a computer, ranging from password resetting over disk cleanup to virus scanning

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F-Secure Rescue CD

Quote:If your computer no longer starts due to malware corrupting the operating system, or you suspect the security software has been compromised, you can use the F-Secure Rescue CD to securely boot up the computer and check the programs installed. The Rescue CD can also be used for more advanced repair and data recovery operations.

The Rescue CD contains Knoppix (a derivative of Linux), an operating system that runs completely from the CD and allows access to your computer's Windows operating system and hard disks.

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Panda SafeCD

Quote:We just released Panda SafeCD version 3.4.3.5. This useful utility comes in handy when you need to clean a friend's PC (or your own) from a malware infested state. It is specially useful for detecting and disinfecting malware infections which give regular AV products running within Windows a hard time.

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I personally used Kaspersky Rescue Disk a few years ago and it fixed a laptop in our house that was infected. Rescue disks are great when your system is unbootable and there is nothing else that can be done.

If you have the knowledge, you may as well include the steps on how to make a bootable USB drive, for those that do not have CD-ROMs.

(03-18-2011, 04:34 AM)Quintus Wrote: [ -> ]If you have the knowledge, you may as well include the steps on how to make a bootable USB drive, for those that do not have CD-ROMs.

Good point! I will try to write up a guide over the weekend as i'm kinda busy just now with other things

(03-18-2011, 11:41 AM)Bugsy Wrote: [ -> ]Good point! I will try to write up a guide over the weekend as i'm kinda busy just now with other things

waiting 4 ur next tut man..