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Booting from an infected machine
Name: Matt Date: July 31, 2002 at 19:26:04 Pacific
Comment:
Can anti-virus software be installed on an infected computer that is having problems booting from C: or A: running 98/me/2000 or XP with a single partition?
Name: Underdog Date: July 31, 2002 at 20:13:34 Pacific
Reply:
If it was me I would go to one of the websites that have on-line virus scanning. Then I would load my AV software. One of these sites for this on-line V acanning is www.trendmicro.com/free_tools/. Good Luck!!
Underdog
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Response Number 2
Name: Richard Date: July 31, 2002 at 21:33:52 Pacific
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A better idea is to install a second hard drive and then load Win 98(whatever you have). Install your Anti-Virus software on your new hard drive and scan your computer.
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Response Number 3
Name: Matt Date: July 31, 2002 at 21:41:28 Pacific
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That would be fine, but I need to have something I can boot off from disk. Any other ideas?
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Response Number 4
Name: Matt Date: July 31, 2002 at 21:42:59 Pacific
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