Re: Scanning from a CD

On Sun, 1 Apr 2007 12:47:51 +0100, "Bill Ridgeway"

I was hoping to avoid having to drag a problem computer back to base but
doing that and temporarily transferring the hard disk drive to my computer
to do a scan does now seem to be the better option.

If you do this a lot (as you may, as IMO every ill-defined problem
needs RAM, HD and malware exclusion as "the prelim") then it's better
to do this from a disposable installation or a read-only mOS like
Bart. You can take Bart out on field calls, but the downside of using
a total of 11 scanners is that the process can take > 24 hours.

If you drop the HD in your PC, there are two risks:
- your PC may corrupt an at-risk HD (Autochk, SR/SVI, etc.)
- a surface exploit could infect your PC

I'd rather not roll those dice :-)




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Hmmm... what was the *other* idea?
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