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Getting a virus is bad.
Getting a virus that causes your machine to crash when you reboot is even worse.
is the best choice, with great detection rates and usability.
The better solution, however, is touse the BitDefender Rescue CDto scan your PC.
Read Below For Archive Purposes Only
Unfortunately, avast!
does not have a proper 64-bit version, and forcing the install does not work properly.
If you want to use avast!
to scan for viruses, then ensure that you have a 32-bit Ubuntu Live CD.
For the purposes of fixing your Windows installation, the 64-bit Live CD will not provide any benefits.
Once Ubuntu 9.10 boots up, open up Firefox by clicking on its icon in the top panel.
choose the Download tab, and then choose the link to download the DEB package.
Save it to the default location.
is downloading, press the link to the registration form on the download page.
Fill in the registration form if you do not already have a trial license for avast!.
By the time you’ve filled out the registration form, avast!
will hopefully be finished downloading.
In the terminal window, punch in in the following commands, pressing enter after each line.
cd Downloads
sudo dpkg –i avast*
This will install avast!
on the live Ubuntu environment.
You will first be greeted with a window that asks for your license key.
Hopefully you’ve received it in your email by now; initiate the email that avast!
sends you, copy the license key, and paste it in the Registration window.
You’ll notice that the virus database is outdated.
choose the Update database button and avast!
will start downloading the latest virus database.
To scan your Windows hard drive, you will need to “mount” it.
Also note that your hard drive will now appear on your desktop.
By now, your virus database should be updated.
At the time this article was written, the most recent version was 100404-0.
In the main avast!
It will open up a dialog box to browse to a location.
To find your Windows hard drive, tap on the “>” next to the computer icon.
In this list, you should be able to find the label that corresponds to your Windows hard drive.
will start scanning your hard drive.
If a virus is found, you’ll be prompted to select an action.
is done scanning, it will summarize what it found on your hard drive.
When you’re done, click Close.
Your Windows PC is now free of viruses, in the eyes of avast!.
Reboot your system and with any luck it will now boot up!
from a Ubuntu Live CD can clean the vast majority of viruses from your Windows PC.
