Honestly, just burned a DVD on the Microsoft tool and worked just fine for bootup etc etc to scan one of my systems ( and it caught some of my hacking tools)
Z Edward E. Ziots CISSP, Network +, Security + Security Engineer Lifespan Organization Email:ezi...@lifespan.org Cell:401-639-3505 From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 10:04 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Anti-virus boot-up disks? Sure they are, but boot times are significantly less on flash than cd/dvd , too. IIRC, the last time I booted UBWINCD on a DVD took like 8 minutes. With a flash drive it was maybe a minute... 7 minutes of time recovered (especially as a consultant) is not inconsiderable. And the write protect flash drives, IIRC are about 4 times the cost, not 25x the cost, if that's the earlier point being referenced. On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 9:57 AM, Andrew S. Baker <asbz...@gmail.com> wrote: They are lots more expensive than CD/DVDs, however. Not that this is automatically a non-starter, but it speaks to Mr. Cook's earlier point. I'd sooner get a USB DVD drive, even though they are slightly less portable. ASB http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market... On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 9:12 AM, John Aldrich < jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com> wrote: There are USB sticks with a switch that is supposed to make them read-only until you flip the switch again. I don't know how that works or how well, but I know that there are flash drives with a write-protect switch on 'em. You can find 'em on NewEgg and probably elsewhere. I just checked on NewEgg to make sure I wasn't misremembering. From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 8:59 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Anti-virus boot-up disks? Did not and here's why - I have yet to hear about any guaranteed way to make a USB drive unwriteable on any machine you plug it into short of having a manufacturer burn the data to one and ship it to you in which case you're paying 25x more for the same effect a non rewritable CD/DVD gives you. If anyone knows of a way to do it (and I'm not talking about a reg hack on a machine or a program that disables the functionality on a computer) please share. John W. Cook System Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 5950 NW 1st Place Gainesville, Fl 32607 Office (352) 244-1610 <tel:%28352%29%20244-1610> Cell (352) 215-6944 <tel:%28352%29%20215-6944> MCSE, MCP+I, MCTS, CompTIA A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org] Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 8:27 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Anti-virus boot-up disks? Thanks, anyone tried this on a USB stick? Z Edward E. Ziots CISSP, Network +, Security + Security Engineer Lifespan Organization Email:ezi...@lifespan.org <mailto:email%3aezi...@lifespan.org> Cell:401-639-3505 From: G.Waleed Kavalec [mailto:kava...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, September 12, 2011 3:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Anti-virus boot-up disks? Excellent! Thank you. On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 1:31 PM, John Cook <john.c...@pfsf.org> wrote: The Microsoft system sweeper standalone seemed to work well when I tested it. http://connect.microsoft.com/systemsweeper John W. Cook System Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 5950 NW 1st Place Gainesville, Fl 32607 Office (352) 244-1610 <tel:%28352%29%20244-1610> Cell (352) 215-6944 <tel:%28352%29%20215-6944> MCSE, MCP+I, MCTS, CompTIA A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 From: G.Waleed Kavalec [mailto:kava...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, September 12, 2011 2:13 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Anti-virus boot-up disks? Best boot-to virus clean-up options. Friends like to bring me their contaminated laptops, and I mostly clean-install over them. I know AV exists that let you boot to a clean-up disk, who has favorites? Thanks -- G. Waleed Kavalec --------------------------------------------- Whether you are talking engineering, electricity, or human beings... the place where the most power is concentrated is the place where the worst things happen. Ask any 10 pound plutonium sphere. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
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