Virus Rescue Disk

Justin Bennett Justin.Bennett at dynabrade.com
Mon Nov 18 21:28:31 EST 2002


I guess what I'm asking is if there is a way I can create a bootable
rescue CD which I can put the virusscanner on, boot off of and run
virusscan.

Richard Hubbard said:
> I don't know all the details, but knoppix
> http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html
> may have the software you're looking for.
>
> --- John Seth <johnseth at phoenixwing.com> wrote:
>> That'll work fine for mounting the HD, but he also
>> want's an anti-virus
>> program either resident, or accessible once booted.
>> Neither RH nor
>> Slackware have that built onto their boot disks.
>> I'm not a mandrake fan,
>> so I can't speak for that, though I doubt it for the
>> fact that I haven't
>> heard of a distro that had their rescue disk w/
>> anti-virus.  Only tools
>> for access and fixing other linux partitions, not
>> FAT/FAT32... When
>> there's a boot disk with FAT/FAT32 and NTFS
>> read/write access, I
>> personally will be interested as well.
>>
>>   - Tony
>>
>> --
>> You say you are lying.  But if everything you say is
>> a lie, then you are
>> telling the truth.  You cannot tell the truth
>> because everything you say
>> is a lie.  You lie, you tell the truth ... but you
>> cannot, for you lie.
>>                 -- Norman the android, "I, Mudd",
>> stardate 4513.3
>> --
>>
>> On Mon, 18 Nov 2002, shipdadip wrote:
>>
>> > a slackware CD?
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Cyber Source" <peter at thecybersource.com>
>> > To: <nflug at nflug.org>
>> > Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 4:01 PM
>> > Subject: Re: Virus Rescue Disk
>> >
>> >
>> > > Wouldn't any of the current install disks work
>> (i.e. from RedHat and
>> > > Mandrake) that can be run in rescue mode. You
>> can then simulate mounting
>> > > your system by "chroot /mnt/sysimage" for
>> example with RedHat, then
>> > > mount the cd an run it?
>> > > On Mon, 2002-11-18 at 15:34, Justin Bennett
>> wrote:
>> > > > anybody got some instructions on how to make a
>> bootable CDrom that boots
>> > > > into a linux shell environment. This is what
>> I'm looking to do. Burn a
>> > CD
>> > > > that boots a generic x86 kernel, boots into a
>> shell and has Macafee for
>> > > > linux on it so I can mount a disk and scan it.
>> One of those small
>> > > > distributions is prob fine, just need to be
>> able to add macafee and put
>> > it
>> > > > on a cd. I've got a buddy whose father in law
>> has a 98 Pc thats got
>> > > > viruses on it. I want to make a CD he can take
>> over there, boot up,
>> > mount
>> > > > the disk and scan it.
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > --
>> > > > -------------------------------------------
>> > > > Justin Bennett
>> > > > Red Hat (Linux) Certified Engineer
>> > > > Network Administrator
>> > > > Dynabrade Inc.
>> > > > 8989 Sheridan Dr
>> > > > Clarence, NY 14031
>> > > > 716-631-0100 ext 215
>> > > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
>> >
>>
>
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Justin Bennett
Red Hat (Linux) Certified Engineer
Network Administrator
Dynabrade Inc.
8989 Sheridan Dr
Clarence, NY 14031
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