Re: Download freeware RKR scanning software (detect Sony rootkit & others)

From: nemo_outis (abc_at_xyz.com)
Date: 11/21/05 

Date: 21 Nov 2005 00:26:05 GMT

pamelafiischer@yahoo.com wrote in
news:1132523820.051182.243900@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

> Trax wrote:
>> |>Boot into a clean CD, run "dir /s /b /ah" and "dir /s /b /a-h" on
>> |>the same drive, and save the results.
>> I did the deed and it found:
>> F:\UnZip\RKtest\Edir_a_h.txt as being more recent - I'm clean.
>
> Hi Trax,
>
> I too attempt this intriguing method of finding hidden rootkits; but I
> am stuck at the point of obtaining a separate Windows XP clean
> bootable CDROM (as my pc came with the operating system on it and no
> Windows CD).
>
> I asked in a separate thread where best to obtain a simple clean
> Windows XP boot CDROM.

Using Bart's PE is one choice. Apply nLite or xplite first to reduce
Windows to smallest size. I've got some very small versions of Windows
XP. Some start with the embedded version of windows rather than the
consumer or corporate versions.

If you're into small-footprint versions of Windows another good place to
look that wouldn't leap to mind spontaneously is some of the car forums,
such as:

http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=70

...
 
> My remaining questions are off topic so I will post them separately:
> Q2 Where do mortals obtain the smallest reliable Windows XP bootable
> CDROM?

OK, I hate to make my sources widely known, but just for you.... :-)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DTVWU3GV

About a 150 MB download, fluffs up to about 170 MB. It's a stripped
(with nlite) corporate version of WinXP & SP2 (with bootleg serial
already installed and all sorts of other infringements :-) but it does do
the trick. Welcome to the dark side! (It can be updated in future using
other nefarious tricks :-)

Regards,

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