Jason wrote: > <div class="moz-text-flowed" style="font-family: -moz-fixed"> > On Thu, 6 Sep 2007, Kenneth Buu wrote: > >> One of my friends has a virus in his computer that will not allow him >> to access internet whatsoever, thus preventing him from downloading >> any anti-virus software on the internet(I guess he didn't have any >> anti-virus before). He has tried downloading anti-virus software >> from other people's computer, but the computer refuses to recognize >> it. What shall he do? > > The only safe way to clean up after a virus is to wipe the disk and > reinstall everything from scratch. If you're feeling lucky, you can > put the disk in an external USB enclosure and pull your files off, but > you run the risk of copying over infected files that can end up > reinfecting your system. > > Installing anti-virus software can *sometimes* make a system safe > after an infection, but it's a losing battle (despite what the > manufacturer might tell you). There's no guarantee that your system > is actually clean, even if the software says it removed the virus. > It's only clean as far as the anti-virus software can tell. > > </div> While I agree that the only way to be sure is to do a clean wipe, the next best thing would be to use a boot disk to clean off the virus, since you don't have to worry about that being infected. I've used WinUBCD with good success in the past: http://ubcd4win.com/
The Ultimate Boot CD may also be helpful: http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ -- Nathaniel Price "Who is General Failure and why is he reading my hard disk?" -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
