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Subject: registry editor or scan before boot

Original Message

Name: jwhite44
Date: October 30, 2007 at 09:51:06 Pacific
Subject: registry editor or scan before boot
OS: XP SP2
CPU/Ram: Sempron3600 2gb ram
Model/Manufacturer: MSI custom

Comment:

I need to run an anti virus before system boots. or a registry editor before boot. Any Ideas

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Response Number 1

Name: XpUser4Real
Date: October 30, 2007 at 12:06:29 Pacific
Subject: registry editor or scan before boot

Reply: (edit)

avast free, you can find that and other great free cleaners by clicking the red link
Some HELP in posting on Cnet plus free progs and instructions Glad to Help!

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Response Number 2

Name: jwhite44
Date: November 1, 2007 at 09:23:21 Pacific
Subject: registry editor or scan before boot

Reply: (edit)

will these if burnt to a cd run before the OS boots

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Response Number 3

Name: XpUser4Real
Date: November 1, 2007 at 10:11:02 Pacific
Subject: registry editor or scan before boot

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I really don't think so, I think your best bet is to slave the drive to another PC and run the virus tests.
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Response Number 4

Name: jwhite44
Date: November 1, 2007 at 11:29:39 Pacific
Subject: registry editor or scan before boot

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what if it is in the registry I am trying to boot up with win xp in the cd drive and it come up boot from CD: and then goes to loading the OS why wont it boot the CD

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Response Number 5

Name: btk1w1
Date: November 2, 2007 at 01:31:35 Pacific
Subject: registry editor or scan before boot

Reply: (edit)

If you are trying now to boot from an xp cd in the cd / dvd drive, why don't you when you go into bios set the first boot option as cd /dvd drive and set all the others to disable. Just a thought.
Avast, as XpUser4Real mentions in response #1, once installed will give you the option of a boot-time scan which will run a scan before your operating system loads.

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