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    AV to scan windows?

    Just a quick question, is there an AV i can use to scan my windows partition to find any bugs/backdoors or viruses?

    I know there is a backdoor somewhere, and comodo isnt picking it up so i am refusing to boot from my windows 7 right now. My password information keeps getting changed and websites and emails are alerting me that someone has access to them and is trying to promote spam.


    Halp, thanks.

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    Re: AV to scan windows?

    Try to use Clamtk and ClamAV:

    https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ClamAV

    Other interesting tool is AVG Rescue CD:

    http://free.avg.com/us-en/226162

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    Re: AV to scan windows?

    +1 for clamav. Clamtk is an optional front-end for it. If you're used to command-line applications, you don't need to bother installing it.
    http://xkcd.com/293/
    There are 10 kinds of people in this world: Those who understand ternary, those who don't, and those who confuse it with binary.

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    Re: AV to scan windows?

    Clamtk installed, but not sure how to select the windows partition if ubuntu and 7 are sharing the same hdd?

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    Re: AV to scan windows?

    Quote Originally Posted by TechnicalMechanic View Post
    Clamtk installed, but not sure how to select the windows partition if ubuntu and 7 are sharing the same hdd?
    Open a terminal and type this command:

    Code:
    sudo fdisk -l
    Post the results in this thead.

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    Re: AV to scan windows?

    bitdefender

    about 1/4 the way down the page. .

    http://cinderbox.net/2011/04/03/to-d...natty-narwhal/

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