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Windows 7 - USB-Bootable, free, updateable antivirus scanner? |
01-27-2012
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USB-Bootable, free, updateable antivirus scanner? Is there some antivirus that is
1. Bootable from USB (I know there are CD images, which are not preferable at least because they can't save updated signatures even if I install them to USB - which I'm usually too lazy to do anyway)
2. Is free (in my personal case benefit from it is hardly worth the trouble of running, let alone of paying for it).
3. Can update its signatures (and, much preferably, save them so the next update takes less time).
The closest way I can see is installing ClamAV on my bootable linux flash.
But, there are numerous reasons to prefer it exactly that way (rootkit scanning, for example), so I'd be surprised if it wasn't done in easy-to-use way yet.
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01-27-2012
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Norton 360 can, but it's paid ! | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number My Build OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 CPU Intel Q6600 (G1) @ 3.33 GHz Motherboard Asus P5W-DH Deluxe Memory 8 GB Patriot Extreme @ 1000 MHz Graphics Card Sapphire ATi HD6870 1 GB @ 1050/4800 MHz Sound Card On board ALCHD 6-CH Monitor(s) Displays LCD 22" PSU 1000W Case Self Modded Cooling IceAge Prima Boss II Hard Drives 2x 500 GB (Raid 0)
1x 1000 GB (Storage) |
01-27-2012
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Last edited by theog; 01-27-2012 at 08:13 AM..
Reason: Renewed link.
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01-27-2012
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Quote: Originally Posted by theog Oh, thanks, that looks promising.
Additionally, what is its expected detection rate (i.e. chance that it will miss some viruses because of lacking signatures or something)? Esp. compared to other antiviruses.
(quick googling reveals widely varying information...) | My System Specs | | |
01-27-2012
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#5 | | Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1, LinuxMint 9 LTS x64, Debian 6, Ubuntu 10.04 LTS x64 |
Hi,
I played with several of these, and so far the one that seems to do the best trick is the BitDefender Rescue Disk.
The simplest way to get this is to create a multi-boot USB using YUMI - in the anti-virus category there is an option to download Bitdefender. YUMI - Multiboot USB Creator (Windows) | USB Pen Drive Linux
Regards,
Golden | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Golden Mk. I.3 OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1, LinuxMint 9 LTS x64, Debian 6, Ubuntu 10.04 LTS x64 CPU Intel i7 860 @ 2.80 GHz Motherboard Gigabyte P55A-UD3R Rev.1. Award BIOS F13 Memory 16GB Corsair Vengance DDR3 @ 661 MHz Dual Channel (9-9-9-24) Graphics Card EVGA NVidia GTX 560 1024MB Sound Card Realtek Integrated Monitor(s) Displays Dual Samsung SyncMaster 2494HS Screen Resolution 1920*1080 and 1920*1080 Keyboard Logitech G110 Mouse Logitech MX518 PSU Thermaltake ToughPower QFan 750W Case Thermaltake Element S VK60001W2Z Cooling Corsair H60 Water Cooling, 2*230mm and 2*80mm case fans Hard Drives 1*OCZ Vertex 2 60GB SSD;
2*Samsung F3 SpinPoint 1TB in RAID0;
2*Samsung F1 SpinPoint 1TB in RAID1;
1*Western Digital WD10EARS 1TB
1*Western Digital 500GB External USB 3.0
1*Seagate 500GB External USB 2.0 Internet Speed Not fast enough!!! |
01-29-2012
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#6 | | Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1 |
This site will tell you how to install Norton Bootable Recovery Tool which also has the feature to update definitions. A Guy | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1 CPU INTEL Core i5-750 Quad-Core 3.37GHz Motherboard ASUS P7P55D Memory KINGSTON 4GB (2 x 2GB) HyperX PC3-12800 DDR3 1600MHz CL8 Graphics Card MSI N240GT-MD1G/D5 GeForce GT 240 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 Monitor(s) Displays Samsung SyncMaster B2430H 24" , SyncMaster P2050 20" Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 , 1440 x 900 PSU ANTEC TruePower New TP-550, 80 PLUS, 550W Case ANTEC Three Hundred Illusion Cooling COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus, 3 x 120mm 1 x 140mm Case Hard Drives Intel X25M Gen2 80GB, SEAGATE 500GB Barracudaź 7200.12, SATA 3 Gb/s, 7200 RPM, 16MB cache Internet Speed 20 + Mbps USB-Bootable, free, updateable antivirus scanner? problems? All times are GMT -5. The time now is 01:20 AM. |  |