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On 28/11/12 21:54, paul sutton wrote:Nearest thing I've used to them is something like a Live CD with ClamAV. ÂIdeally you still need an internet connection to get updated anti-virus definitions, and if they're Windows viruses you're trying to get rid of chances are they won't run on Linux anyway.
Hi
I am looking into LInux based anti virus cd's Âand found the following site
http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/linux-av-cd.html
just wondered if anyone had an experience in this area and perhaps some
suggestions.
I would assume cd's being read only makes them more immune from the type
of virius that may try and infect a flash drive type device that are
generally read / write.
Basically looking for something like the system rescue cd, but for anti
virus.
This may benefit others here too, Â esp those with friends who use
Windows but also complain of getting viruses.
Paul
So maybe you'd be just as well having a USB stick with a Live install of Linux and some sort of persistent storage to keep the AV definitions and programs themselves up to date.
Not sure if maybe a USB stick with a physical write protect switch on it would do the same job as a CD as presumably it boots up and mounts a ramdisk anyway.
Rob
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