[windows2000] Re: Antivirus boot disk

  • From: Jon Spriggs <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 06:37:45 +0100

I was going to suggest something similar, but using Linux, to prevent any
chance of re-infecting the OS while preparing for the scan.

Regards,
-- 
Jon "TheNiceGuy" Spriggs

On 1 Jun 2010 18:45, "Tim Mangan" <tmangan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Boot using a Windows 7 boot disk.  When you get to the first opportunity to
click on something, hit shift-F10.  This places you in a command prompt of
an X: disk, which is a RAM disk version of “minwin”.  You can access files
on the C: drive.  You can plug in a USB stick, either with a stand-alone
cleaner that doesn’t need install, or to copy off important files before you
re-format.



The alternative is to use Barts-CD (or equivalent) to build your own ram
disk including whatever you need.





*From:* windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Greg Reese
*Sent:* Friday, May 28, 2010 1:47 PM
*To:* Thin; windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Subject:* [windows2000] Antivirus boot disk





I have a friend that has infected the hell out of his machine with a bot or
something.



I ru...

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