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Author Topic: Proposed Way of Dealing With Malware  (Read 2156 times)

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Proposed Way of Dealing With Malware
« on: July 02, 2010, 11:29:05 PM »
Note, the theory I'm about to propose requires a Linux LiveCD or LiveDVD. Both work just as well.

Now, I think right when i mentioned that, you guys already knew what I'm going to talk about. I'll talk about it anyway. :P Well, to get right into it, whenever I get some malware in my system, the first thing I do is to find the basic name of it. Once I've found that, I, then, restart my computer off a LiveCD or DVD. (I use knoppix) I find that if I can locate the virus' main files in my Hard Drive, I can delete them in the Linux environment so when I boot Windows back up, they will be totally disabled. From there it's just a matter of mopping up the left over garbage.

I have tried this before with some famous malware such as WinAntiVirus 2010. It worked perfectly. The only problem with this method is finding out where the main files are. What do you guys think?
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Re: Proposed Way of Dealing With Malware
« Reply #1 on: July 03, 2010, 10:30:29 AM »
this is a pretty well established way of getting rid of viruses and such. i do it all the time.
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Re: Proposed Way of Dealing With Malware
« Reply #2 on: July 04, 2010, 01:23:18 AM »
Quote from: Clear_Runway on July 03, 2010, 10:30:29 AM
this is a pretty well established way of getting rid of viruses and such. i do it all the time.
Really? Most of the people I talk to have never heard of this method. Some of them aren't exactly stupid with computers either.
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Re: Proposed Way of Dealing With Malware
« Reply #3 on: July 06, 2010, 09:24:54 AM »
There is a kaspersky(I think) liveCD that boots up some basic linux gui, DLs updates, and then actually does a virus scan.
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Re: Proposed Way of Dealing With Malware
« Reply #4 on: September 22, 2010, 02:27:14 PM »
OK, I have one more question though that just came to me. Is there a good way of locating the virus besides scrounging around in program files? Is there a faster method for finding the main virus files besides scanning the drive I mean? I know that some better viruses will bury themselves in an obscure place.
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