Cdrescue was a good resource when I did recovery/cleaning. On Fri, May 24, 2019, 5:54 PM jdow <j...@earthlink.net wrote:
> On 20190524 14:43:17, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > > On 5/24/19 11:11 AM, Javier Perez wrote: > >> Hi. This is Off Topic. > >> Is there a reliable usb or dvd distribution with tools to clean up > viruses, > >> root kits, whatever from a Hard drive? > >> I got a quite slow windows 10 laptop from a nephew for clean up (I do > not > >> know what kind of viruses/malware might be lurking in there). > >> Rather than hooking it to my home network I would prefer to first start > it > >> from a cleaning usb/dvd and at least catch and erase them off line > instead of > >> giving them the opportunity to try and conquer my linux realm :) > >> Thanks > > > > > > https://www.eset.com/int/support/sysrescue/ > > Use dd to cut it to a Flash Drive > > > > If all else fails, do a dd /dev/zero and wipe out the hard drive > > and start over. > > > > If you have not used Windows Nein, oops, Windows Ten before > > you are in for a rude awakening! Swearing helps.What > > were they thinking! > > > > :-) > Meh - I have my Win 10 looking and acting almost 100% like Windows 7 > except for > the mandatory updates. "There are tools." Now, getting KDE or Gnome tamed > into > modest usefulness is close to impossible without a lot of blood sweat and > tears. > So pots and kettles are both black. > > {^_-} > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org >
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