Re: Installing Anti-Virus Software in Safe Mode

After much thought,EdwardATeller aka sorry_no_email@xxxxxxxxx came up
with this jewel:

I have an infected XP Home computer that will only boot into safe
mode. It has no AV software on it. I tried a installing a couple of
products on it, but none of them would install in safe mode. This
seems like a big deficiency, but maybe there is a good reason for it.
Is there some AV software I can install and run in safe mode?

BTW, this virus acts sort of like blaster, but when I ran FixBlast
from Symantec on the computer (in safe mode), it said it was not
infected with blaster.

Another BTW, this is a friend's computer, so no yelling at me for not
running AV software to begin with. He had it directly connected to a
DSL modem with no router or software firewall, his MS updates were WAY
out of date, plus he has two teenagers using the computer. Amazing it
took him this long to get infected.

Download David's Multi_AV tool(you will find a link to it on my pages
below). Run it so that a folder is created and update all 4 scanners.
Then copy the folder to removable media and take it to your friends and
paste it in the C drive. The scanners will run in safe-mode. Perhaps
after cleaning he will be able to boot normally. While your at it,
download an AV and spyware scanners and copy them to the removable
media. I have some good ones listed on my site plus some tips on
staying malware free that your friend might find useful.

max
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