Re: good tool to scan without installing?

From: David H. Lipman (DLipman~nospam~_at_Verizon.Net)
Date: 12/14/03 

Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 20:28:41 -0500

That would be an interesting find indeed. I contacted Winternals and tried NTFSDOS in
conjunction with McAfee's command line scanner. I was hoping to boot off a floppy disk but
run the software off a ZIP disk. However, NTFSDOS' memory model was incompatible with the
McAfee command line scanner which is a DOS/Win32 utility.

I too would be interested in a solution.

Dave

"djc" <dcopenhaver@megapathdsl.net> wrote in message
news:vtneiva85srde5@corp.supernews.com...
| Thanks for the reply. I'm really looking for something that will work on
| 'unconnected' computers. Meaning no internet access. For example, a computer
| in a tech shop for repairs. If a machine is potentially infected with
| something I would like to keep it isolated from any network. I would like 2
| things, 1, scan from within windows without installing a software package
| (ie. just running an executable from a cd would do), and 2, in the case of a
| non-booting machine, scan BOTH NTFS and FAT partitions from a boot cd.
|
| know of anything?
|
| "Jurren Bouman" <jubo@euronet.nl> wrote in message
| news:uMzwgobwDHA.3468@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
| > "djc" <dcopenhaver@megapathdsl.net> wrote in message
| > news:vtmp9d2i2hsk9f@corp.supernews.com...
| > > ) Is there a way to run a full virus scan in windows (2000/xp) using the
| > > norton antivirus 2004 or norton internet security 2004 cd without having
| > to
| > > actually install the program?
| > >
| > > 2) If you can (number 1) Can you also somehow manually point it to
| updated
| > > virus definitions?
| > >
| > > 3) If norton can't what software can? There has to be something that
| does.
| > > I'm thinking of a repair shop environment where a tech needs to run a
| full
| > > system scan w/ updated definitions but can't be expected to go through
| > > installing and updating the whole package, scan, and then have to
| > uninstall
| > > the package. I need something to be part of my 'toolkit' that can be
| made
| > > once... used and reused, just updating definitions monthly or so.
| > >
| > > anyone? 1, 2, and/or 3?
| > >
| > >
| > Try an online scan at Panda:
| > http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/com/activescan_principal.htm
| > or HouseCall:
| > http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
| >
| > --
| > Jurren Bouman
| > MVP Windows - Security
| >
| >
|
|

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