Using a live CD to do a virus scan.

[InfectedWithDrew]

I've been trying to use a live CD to scan an entire hard drive but I've had very little luck. I boot the CD, then download Clamtk, and then when I try to do a recursive scan on the entire drive, Clamtk turns grey and stops responding.

Any suggestions? I really just need a live CD that will let me do a virus scan, preferably with an updated virus database via the internet. I've only used Ubuntu before but I'm open to other distros provided I can get an ethernet connection working on the live CD.

[MrWES]

Maybe PuppyLinux, I believe it comes with AV intalled.

Bill

[InfectedWithDrew]

I'd like to have an up-to-date database and I'm not skilled enough to manually set up the internet connection on Puppy.

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[MrWES]

I'd like to have an up-to-date database and I'm not skilled enough to manually set up the internet connection on Puppy.

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Hrmm...most times the wireless with Puppy 4.2 works Out Of the Box. The download normally takes more time than to setup

Good Luck,
Bill

And if you're hardwired, it'll take you 10 seconds to setup

[Yvan300]

Yeah puppy linux really has great out of the box compatibility, but i don't think you can download and install programs while using the live cd in ubuntu. Last time i used it and downloaded the restricted codecs, they were installed, but when i tried to play my movie, totem reported that the codecs were not installed. You could try running ubuntu from a flash drive, that would be a more probable avenue, don't you think

[MrWES]

Yeah puppy linux really has great out of the box compatibility, but i don't think you can download and install programs while using the live cd in ubuntu. Last time i used it and downloaded the restricted codecs, they were installed, but when i tried to play my movie, totem reported that the codecs were not installed. You could try running ubuntu from a flash drive, that would be a more probable avenue, don't you think

I believe the @'s original question was concerning virus scanning. Burn puppy to a CD, boot it, mount the drive you want to scan, run F-Prot (already on utility menu) update the defs, point F-Prot to your mounted drive and scan.

Bill

[InfectedWithDrew]

I believe the @'s original question was concerning virus scanning. Burn puppy to a CD, boot it, mount the drive you want to scan, run F-Prot (already on utility menu) update the defs, point F-Prot to your mounted drive and scan.

Bill

The manual said, in order to set up a connection, you had to do some ifconfig-ing.

Also, you can install to RAM on a live CD. How else would I actually run Clamtk? It just stops responding when recursively scanning an entire drive...

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[MrWES]

The manual said, in order to set up a connection, you had to do some ifconfig-ing.

Also, you can install to RAM on a live CD. How else would I actually run Clamtk? It just stops responding when recursively scanning an entire drive...

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Puppy has a connection wizard, which is pretty is to run and setup. Also, you wouldn't run Clamtk, you would run F-Prot, the default AV in Puppy -- already installed.

Drive on kiddo!

[InfectedWithDrew]

Puppy has a connection wizard, which is pretty is to run and setup. Also, you wouldn't run Clamtk, you would run F-Prot, the default AV in Puppy -- already installed.

Drive on kiddo!

Ah, sounds nice. I'll check it out, then. Maybe I misunderstood the manual pages?

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[connorh123]

You don't need a virus scanner, Linux doesn't get viruses. However, feel free to type virus in add/remove, there's a program there.