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Re: Bootable vuln CD for Windows
From: "Gaurav Bhandari" <gaurav () seagullraceme com>
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 12:24:27 +0530
this should help http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ lets you scan the PC from the web always updated and free gaurav bhandari We live in an age where lemons are used to wash dishes, and lemonade is made with artificial flavors ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Kelly" <E2chameleon () btopenworld com> To: "Alexandros Papadopoulos" <apapadop () cmu edu>; <security-basics () securityfocus com> Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 1:10 AM Subject: Re: Bootable vuln CD for Windows
Hi, Central Command have a Vexira Rescue Disk System that is free to use (http://www.centralcommand.com/rescue_disk.html). The system,which is updated monthly, allows you to scan and remove viruses, Trojan Horses and other malicious code using either a single bootable compact disk or a 4 floppy disk set (1 bootable, 3 data diskettes). Network Associates is developing a product called McAfee CleanBoot (http://www.mcafeeb2b.com/beta/cleanboot/default.asp) which is available
for
beta testing. It will eventually let you create bootable CD's containing
the
latest DAT files (if you are licensed to use them I presume). If you used one of these you could ensure that there are no Trojans
lurking
before running Nessus. Ian. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alexandros Papadopoulos" <apapadop () cmu edu> To: <security-basics () securityfocus com> Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 8:06 PM Subject: Bootable vuln CD for Windows -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Dear all. I'm looking for a way to scan existing Windows XP installations for trojans, viruses etc. The closest match to my needs seems to be Nessus, but I have the following reservation: Since the client has to be installed on the running Windows system, it shouldn't be too hard to fool by some pre-existing trojan. I was therefore wondering, if you know any way of running such a vulnerability scanner from a bootable CD, thus making sure that all benchmarks start from a clean system and results can be trusted. Thanks - -A - -- http://andrew.cmu.edu/~apapadop/pub_key.asc 3DAD 8435 DB52 F17B 640F D78C 8260 0CC1 0B75 8265 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9wDurgmAMwQt1gmURAo0wAJ9wzdFKbQwjnm3WEy7RendqltmubgCfUMCO Zd7EXZoDrSrHBBoDh+LgDPY= =wMOG -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Current thread:
- Re: Bootable vuln CD for Windows Ross Nelson (Nov 04)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Bootable vuln CD for Windows Ian Kelly (Nov 06)
- Re: Bootable vuln CD for Windows Gaurav Bhandari (Nov 07)
- Re: Bootable vuln CD for Windows Nicki Messerschmidt (Nov 08)