Removing Viruses from a PC That Won’t Boot
Summary: Krebs on Security outlines free, Linux-based rescue CDs from vendors including AVG, Avira, BitDefender, Dr. Web, F-Secure, Kaspersky and Panda that let users boot an infected PC and scan the hard drive when Windows will not start. The post walks through burning the ISO image, setting the CD or USB drive first in the BIOS boot order, and updating antivirus definitions over a wired connection, since the tools do not support wireless networking.
Bottom line: The procedure depends on a working wired internet connection to update definitions and on having known good backups, which Krebs calls the one thing with no substitute, before a rescue attempt that one commenter says corrupted a disk badly enough to require a full restore.
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