SOS- Anti-virus Rescue Disks to the rescue
Nikhil Rastogi, Aug 10, 2008 0635 hrs IST
These are special anti-virus disks that can be used to scan the computer without starting the OS.
I'm generally called up by friends and family to fix their computers when things go wrong. Fixing often means getting rid of malware stuck deep into their systems. And have you noticed the ugly trend now? No longer do you find viruses that destroy data, but rather Trojans that very happily collect data and phone home to their server secretly. Well if I've to choose between data destroying virus and secretly collecting information virus, I'd rather prefer the latter.
In any case, this often means I've to download updated virus definitions, carry anti-virus software installers, process explorer when Windows Task Manager fails to open, spyware programs and assorted cleaning utilities to pry the nasty buggers loose. Though this kit does most of my job, I do lack one essential utility - a Rescue Disk.
Rescue disks aren't backed up files; these are special anti-virus disks that can be used to scan the computer without starting the operating system. What's the use of this, plenty!
USER COMMENTS
i would like to download the software to my mobile
by JVL NARASIMHARA, VISAKHAPATNAM, on Aug 29, 2008 11:32 PM, Report abuse Reply
try avira its the best i had ever seen
by rajesh9717, rajkot, on Aug 15, 2008 01:27 AM, Report abuse Reply
Best of all is a combination of a few things if u really wanna keep ur machine steady & run for a longer time. Have ZONE ALARM as ur Fire wall, AVG Anti-Virus Free Addition to protect ur PC. Clean ur PC timely with SPYBOT SEARCH & DESTROY, WINDOW WASHER, REG CLEAN or CCLEANER & UNIBLUE POWERSUIT. I've been using this for the last 2 years & everything is absolutely fine.
by Avi, Mumbai, on Aug 12, 2008 03:52 PM, Report abuse Reply
And if I may add in addition Commodo Personal Firewall has another effective defence where you can scan for malware, spyware and viruses, cant ask for more. Try it. Cheers
by Ashwin, Mumbai, on Aug 12, 2008 03:26 PM, Report abuse Reply
Guys n dollz, My experience, since I started the FREE Commodo Firewall and Anti Virus I have not had a single bug and thats the honest truth. System is clean, very clean... cheers
by Ashwin, Mumbai, on Aug 12, 2008 03:10 PM, Report abuse Reply
Never use Quick heal or Net protect . They will finish ur system. Avast, F Secure or Pc Tools is a good option.
by Yogesh damle, Pune, on Aug 11, 2008 12:06 PM, Report abuse Reply
why? what Avast, F secure do for virus
by Sunil Mohite, Mumbai, on Aug 12, 2008 02:04 PM, Report abuse
I am Using Avast & it Rally rocks... Tried some 11+ Antiviruses including Symantec, AVG PRO, Kaspersky, NOD32 etc.. but found Peace with Avast finally. I used each Antivirus for atleast 2 months each for testing under various conditions. The major Drawback with avast is that the scanning is HORRIBLY SLOW but Quite DEEP. Also Avast is not good for detecting SPYWARE, i am using Spybot Search & Destroy for that purpose.
by Gadgetguy, Hyderabad, on Aug 11, 2008 08:01 PM, Report abuse Reply
i thik below all person seems to have good experience with avast but once i have installed this and my system got slow down , than i tried symentac it works best for windows scanning
by Pramod, new delhi, on Aug 11, 2008 12:14 PM, Report abuse Reply
it is a different stuff, but once u have burned the rescue disc, than for every update file u need to add new virus defination to cd again and again....... i think any person can't burn the CD for every next update
by Pramod, new delhi, on Aug 11, 2008 12:05 PM, Report abuse Reply
Please send me a demo copy & what will the price of the software for enduser and what is the price for the dealer.
by Vivek Deshpande, Pune, on Aug 11, 2008 10:08 AM, Report abuse Reply
Many times I used "HiJack this" to remove reg entries by PM viruses. As for me, I find Avast to be one of the overall best performer in the Free AV segment. Avast's boot time scan is a big plus for me too. Saved my system once. :-)
by Rajesh Sundaram, Chennai, on Aug 10, 2008 08:14 AM, Report abuse Reply
Try out limited 1month edn of Quick Heal antivirus plus9.50. Its native boot scan does all magic.try out and reply me.
by Srinivasa ragha, Chennai, on Aug 11, 2008 08:29 AM, Report abuse
Been using Avast for 2 yrs now... Recommended it to some 50 odd guys... Gr8 experience...
by Manohar Singh, Lucknow, on Aug 10, 2008 09:35 AM, Report abuse Reply
Try out free version(limited for 1 month) of Quick Heal Antivirus Plusn9.50.Study its options and make it, reply me after native boot scan of it.
by Srinivasa ragha, Chennai, on Aug 11, 2008 08:27 AM, Report abuse
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