Windows Antivrius Included
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 09/18/2008 - 05:08.
Hello, can anyone tell me if this includes a linux antivirus to get rid of windows viruses on windows partitions? I looked for clamav in the software list, but don't know of any others.
Thanks, Matt
No. A Windows antivirus is
No. A Windows antivirus is not strictly a data recovery tool.
*But* A fine command-line Windows Antivirus scanner is easily installed, if you are connected to the internet.
Boot the Rescue Remix and once at the command line, run
sudo apt-get update
and
sudo apt-get install clamav
That will install clamav into your ramdisk. Update the list of virus definitions by running
freshclam
Then, scan a folder using clamscan:
clamscan -r /mnt
The above command assumes you mounted the windows partition as /mnt.
See here:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ClamAV
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