Virus checker on the live CD?

[Molot]

ekhm... on live-cd  it is NOT easy to install any repo. And if this
live-cd is meant to be a tryout for inexperienced users,  we can
assume it is impossible for all who may be interested in it...

On 5/19/05, Carl Karsten <carl at personnelware.com> wrote:
> Tollef Fog Heen wrote:
>  > * Matthew Garrett
>  >
>  > | On Thu, 2005-05-19 at 11:47 +0200, Tollef Fog Heen wrote:
>  > | > A friend of mine (who is also part of the crew at a LAN party) had a
>  > | > suggestion:   Why not make it _really easy_ to boot the live CD and
>  > | > then scan your system for viruses (using the clamav engine and some
>  > | > clicky-friendly GUI) and optionally remove them?
>  > |
>  > | Realistically, don't we need NTFS r/w support for this?
>  >
>  > That'd be a great plus, at least, but even just being able to say
>  > «this has been checked and is clean» or «this is unclean and must be
>  > disinfected and should be processed further» would be a start.
> 
> Indeed.  I think being alerted to a virus is most important, getting info about
> 2nd, and doing something about it 3rd.
> 
> Also, it is "easy enough" for someone to add the needed repositories and install
> Captive if needed.  Personally, I would prefer that the default behavior of a
> virus scanner it to just identify and inform, not try and do anything about it.
> 
> I am assuming that "all modern scanners" will pull an updated fingerprint file?
> 
> Carl Karsten
> 
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