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    Question How to burn a booting CD ?

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    How to create/burn with Ubuntu a CD that will boot itself in a Windows machine ? The CD drive is first bios priority to boot.

    I have downloaded an .exe antivirus from 'Spyhunter' for a very infected Windows Vista machine.
    I suppose something else must be in the CD so that executable will run itself after power up, Is that right?

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    Re: How to burn a booting CD ?

    I think this may be more of what you are looking for.

    http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/linux-av-cd.html

    Its a LiveCD that should clear the viruses without having to boot into windows.

    If you run an Ubuntu Live CD -- it will run ubuntu you will not be able to run any .exe inside of ubuntu for the purpose of removing a virus.
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    Re: How to burn a booting CD ?

    Correct, I see your point levlaz.

    The intention is not to boot into Windows in the ill machine; it is to run the virus/malware cleaner CD before its Vista operative system takes over.

    For that, has to be a 'Live' or 'bootable' CD; not just an executable, as far as my little knowledge goes. Please correct if this is wrong.

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    Re: How to burn a booting CD ?

    Yes this is correct, however I think one of the Live Distributions in that link I gave would do a better job than ubuntu since they are specifically designed for this purpose, whereas ubuntu is designed to be a replacement for Windows or Mac.

    EDIT: In other words, there is no reason to use your .exe antivirus at all -- the live distribution IS an anti-virus and should be able to take care of all of your issues.
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    Re: How to burn a booting CD ?

    Sorry, lev, am not that smart.
    I do not want any Ubuntu distribution live CD. I have a bunch already.

    I want to make with an Ubuntu machine, a live cd with an antivirus .exe for a Vista machine in order to clean its problems.

    I understand there is some way to fix a Windows machine by booting it with a live Ubuntu disc. That is not possible for this particular complex and extensive problem, been suggested that only the 'Spyhunter' can take care of such infection, and prefer to follow that before trying other methods.

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    Re: How to burn a booting CD ?

    If you want a rescue CD, this should do the trick: http://www.avg.com/us-en/avg-rescue-cd
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    Re: How to burn a booting CD ?

    Quote Originally Posted by Innernet View Post
    Sorry, lev, am not that smart.
    I do not want any Ubuntu distribution live CD. I have a bunch already.

    I want to make with an Ubuntu machine, a live cd with an antivirus .exe for a Vista machine in order to clean its problems.

    I understand there is some way to fix a Windows machine by booting it with a live Ubuntu disc. That is not possible for this particular complex and extensive problem, been suggested that only the 'Spyhunter' can take care of such infection, and prefer to follow that before trying other methods.
    I understand what you are trying to do -- but you cannot do it. You cannot make a live CD that runs an antivirus that was made for windows (in this case your .exe file)

    EDIT: Bottom line -- you cannot make a live CD to Run "Spyhunter" it's impossible.

    You need a rescue CD as mentioned above -- What you are trying to do is going to be very difficult if not impossible using Ubuntu. A Live CD is a linux distribution -- that is the entire premise. You cannot do this with Ubuntu because by default Ubuntu does not come with any sort of software to clean up your windows machine.

    The best thing to do would be to download a Live CD of a distribution that was designed to be used as a rescue CD for broken windows machines. The one I linked to works well, so does the AVG one.
    Last edited by levlaz; December 7th, 2012 at 06:12 AM. Reason: Clarification
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    Re: How to burn a booting CD ?

    Quote Originally Posted by Innernet View Post
    Hi
    How to create/burn with Ubuntu a CD that will boot itself in a Windows machine ? The CD drive is first bios priority to boot.

    I have downloaded an .exe antivirus from 'Spyhunter' for a very infected Windows Vista machine.
    I suppose something else must be in the CD so that executable will run itself after power up, Is that right?
    Burn the rescue disk mentioned in Post@ #6 with Brasero Disk Burner in ubuntu. The rescue disk will boot/work on linux and Windows. See operating systems here:

    http://www.avg.com/us-en/avg-rescue-cd

    Once the virus' are cleaned, you can install spyhunter into the windows directly to further clean and protect the running system.
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