Re: Bootable vuln CD for Windows

From: Ian Kelly (E2chameleon@btopenworld.com)
Date: 11/05/02 

From: "Ian Kelly" <E2chameleon@btopenworld.com>
To: "Alexandros Papadopoulos" <apapadop@cmu.edu>, <security-basics@securityfocus.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2002 19:40:03 -0000

Hi,

Central Command have a Vexira Rescue Disk System that is free to use
(http://www.centralcommand.com/rescue_disk.html). The system,which is
updated monthly, allows you to scan and remove viruses, Trojan Horses and
other malicious code using either a single bootable compact disk or a 4
floppy disk set (1 bootable, 3 data diskettes).

Network Associates is developing a product called McAfee CleanBoot
(http://www.mcafeeb2b.com/beta/cleanboot/default.asp) which is available for
beta testing. It will eventually let you create bootable CD's containing the
latest DAT files (if you are licensed to use them I presume).

If you used one of these you could ensure that there are no Trojans lurking
before running Nessus.

Ian.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Alexandros Papadopoulos" <apapadop@cmu.edu>
To: <security-basics@securityfocus.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 8:06 PM
Subject: Bootable vuln CD for Windows

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Dear all.

I'm looking for a way to scan existing Windows XP installations for
trojans, viruses etc. The closest match to my needs seems to be Nessus,
but I have the following reservation:

Since the client has to be installed on the running Windows system, it
shouldn't be too hard to fool by some pre-existing trojan. I was
therefore wondering, if you know any way of running such a
vulnerability scanner from a bootable CD, thus making sure that all
benchmarks start from a clean system and results can be trusted.

Thanks

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