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John Wunderlich
Flightless Bird
Re: After running spyware - XP won't let me boot - keeps logging o
daviddschool <daviddschool@gmail.com> wrote in
news:f1903c64-65d8-40b6-87ee-90fbbc80e814@z17g2000yqh.googlegroups.co
m:
>> IMHO, your best approach at this point would be to boot your
>> computer
>>> from one of the free Live Linux CDs (such as Knoppix). Since
>>> the OS will be on a CD, it can't be corrupted and since it isn't
>>> Windows, there's little chance of the virus moving over on its
>>> own unless you explicitly copy it. After you boot from the
>>> Linux CD, back up your files to either a USB drive or a network
>>> drive. Then you can reinsta ll Windows on your hard drive.
>>
>>> Knoppix: <http/knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html>
>>
>>> HTH,
>>> John
>>> .
>
> I was just worried about virus scanning on a system that might
> already be infected. Trying to dl Knoppix now. I did already
> download a copy and found out it was in German. The menu system
> is weird as well - is there a straight boot? There was choices
> like WWW, CHAT, email etc. I tried a few and nothing happened so I
> wasn't sure if it was the German language that threw me or there
> is something special about booting to Knoppix...
Look at the filenames when you download Knoppix. The german versions
have a "-DE" in the name. English versions have a "-EN" in the name.
The lastest english version is version 6.2:
KNOPPIX_V6.2DVD-2009-11-18-EN.iso
-- John
daviddschool <daviddschool@gmail.com> wrote in
news:f1903c64-65d8-40b6-87ee-90fbbc80e814@z17g2000yqh.googlegroups.co
m:
>> IMHO, your best approach at this point would be to boot your
>> computer
>>> from one of the free Live Linux CDs (such as Knoppix). Since
>>> the OS will be on a CD, it can't be corrupted and since it isn't
>>> Windows, there's little chance of the virus moving over on its
>>> own unless you explicitly copy it. After you boot from the
>>> Linux CD, back up your files to either a USB drive or a network
>>> drive. Then you can reinsta ll Windows on your hard drive.
>>
>>> Knoppix: <http/knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html>
>>
>>> HTH,
>>> John
>>> .
>
> I was just worried about virus scanning on a system that might
> already be infected. Trying to dl Knoppix now. I did already
> download a copy and found out it was in German. The menu system
> is weird as well - is there a straight boot? There was choices
> like WWW, CHAT, email etc. I tried a few and nothing happened so I
> wasn't sure if it was the German language that threw me or there
> is something special about booting to Knoppix...
Look at the filenames when you download Knoppix. The german versions
have a "-DE" in the name. English versions have a "-EN" in the name.
The lastest english version is version 6.2:
KNOPPIX_V6.2DVD-2009-11-18-EN.iso
-- John