Linked by David Adams on Fri 25th Sep 2009 16:17 UTC
A non-OSNews-reader asks: "I've got 5 PCs that I'm trying to use to train disadvantaged young people. The problem is they are riddled with viruses and a firewall blocks me from updating them. The people in charge of maintaining the
PCs won't fix them or give me the admin password (Win XP) to let me
install a new or updated antivirus. The centre is being shut down in a
few months. If they were working, I could still do a lot with them, so I've been
looking for a good online virus scan - but they all try to download a
little .exe onto your PC first, and the settings on the PCs won't
allow that. Suggestions? Solutions? Links?" Read on for our recommendation. Update: It appears that this question is part of an elaborate email scam designed to propagate malware. See here for details.
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2005-07-13
As much as I like ClamAV or its derivatives (ClamWin), IMHO the best course is the BitDefender Rescue CD, that allows you to boot from a Live CD (it's based on Knoppix), update the signatures definitions and scan the Windows partition offline.
You can get BD Rescue CD from here:
http://download.bitdefender.com/rescue_cd/
Only problems I foresee are the Windows partition(s) being marked as 'dirty' (in need of a chkdsk, won't be automatically mounted) or not being able to update the signatures definitions (some sites have proxies and such, and/or other impediments).
Or, in line with more daring suggestions already made, getting a password changer somewhere and remove the local administrator password.
Edit: typo.
Edited 2009-09-25 17:39 UTC