Re: De-louse NTFS without starting OS

From: Lars (lars_at_fake.com)
Date: 09/07/03 

Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2003 13:49:20 +0200

Thank you Philip and Michael,

I just tested on my own computer booting to Safe Mode and
ran a virus scan, using Norton AV. It seems to work well
enough, but raises a good question.

Can I be reasonably sure that a virus will not be doing its
damage even on a machine working in Safe Mode?

(In this particular case we are concerned with a virus that
may be trying to wipe the hard drive.)

>From a virus point of view, is there a decisive difference
between Safe Mode and Safe Mode with Dos Prompt?

On Fri, 5 Sep 2003 21:31:37 +0100, "Philip Herlihy"
<foof8500@REMOVEherlihy.eu.com> wrote:

>It's possible in XP, and also in Win2K.
>
>However, I think most people (?) would boot in Safe Mode first. Reboot, and
>as soon as it starts to load again press F8 every second or so until you get
>a menu. Choose Safe Mode, or Safe Mode with Dos Prompt if preferred.
>Windows runs in a "minimal" configuration - no networking, etc - but your
>AntiVirus will probably run correctly.

Lars
Stockholm

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