Difficulties in Virus Scan
Today’s viruses are smart and intelligent. The first thing which they do after infecting a computer is to hide themselves deeper in your system and make their detection difficult. In this process they disable your security software and antivirus applications, block your software update processes and modify your system files.
These malware and viruses get loaded as soon as your system is booting and take control of your Operating System. Your security software are no longer in a position to detect and clean your system. Sometimes, these activities are carried to an extent that your system is no longer in a position to boot itself.
Virus Scan Boot Disk – Your only Option
In such a situation, you might have to use an external bootable antivirus Rescue Disk, which can boot your system in a clean mode. Otherwise also, using a System Rescue Disk for the removal of viruses is the best option because when the system is booted from an external disk, the malware infections present in your system remain dormant and can be cleaned easily.
Avira AntiVir Rescue System
Avira AntiVir Rescue System is a Linux-based application that allows accessing computers that cannot be booted anymore. Thus it is possible to:
- repair a damaged system,
- rescue data,
- scan the system for virus infections.
You can download Avira AntiVir Rescue System absolutely free from Avira website. It is in the form of an executable file, which will burn the complete package in your CD ROM drive.
It is based upon the open source Linux Operating System and is very light on resources. Generally, bootable antivirus rescue systems are in the form of .iso file, which are to be burnt to CD ROMs using a burner software. But it includes the burner software within itself. So you are not required to have a separate CD burning software.
The Avira AntiVir Rescue System is updated several times a day so that the most recent security updates are always available. Therefore you should download this virus scan boot CD only when you actually need it. It is not suggested that you download it and make your System Rescue Disk right now, because by the time you will need this disk, a lot of virus definitions must have changed.
So, bookmark this page for reference, when you need to use a bootable system rescue disk for virus scan. Here is a nice clip from YouTube, which will show how to use Avira AntiVir Rescue System.
Overall, a useful portable antivirus for your PC Security.
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Great video on a tough issue. I’m an older guy who’s fiddled with computers for a long time (i.e. I know why they were called ‘Winchester’ drives in the days of ARPANET!) As I get older I seem to get less current as computer threats to Windows’ systems increase exponentially. This video – and I’m sure the others you’ve made on virus/malware remove – was an excellent tutorial for someone like me to gain a really useful skill. I say this after having spent two days about 6 months ago cleaning VUNDO and other baddies off a friends computer – and stumbling across Malwarebytes only by accident! Keep up the good work. Cheers.
thanks for this. never knew it existed. I hope it fixes my system.
Yes I use this but for worm viruses like sality32 you have to do the try to repair scan first to repair the infected .exe files then you have to do another scan choosing the remove infected files option to clean up the worm files still sitting on your system. Great video great tool I hope they make a command line version that works mine doesnt seem to work in commandline mode.
Edit on the last post apparently the command line does work its just that it did not work on the computer I was fixing.
Do not buy this program. Avira infects your computer with its Antivir program, which is really a virus that blocks you from running anything on your computer until you buy their program to fix the “infection”. This is pure and simple EXTORTION. The executives at Avira should be thrown in jail.
I made the rescue disk twice. On my first attempt, when I booted the problem PC with the “supposed” Avira Rescue System, a black screen appeared with two opposums wearing beak-masks. Naturally, I assumed I had downloaded a virus instead of the actual Avira Rescue System. So, I downloaded it again from another source, and the same thing happened. Can anybody shed any light on what happened?
Thanks.
I’m amazed at the lack of common sense exhibited from some people. NEVER download an antivirus package from anywhere other than the original AV product’s website. Be smart enough to LOOK at the URL and make sure it is not a redirect, or third-party website pretending to be a valid A/V product. Many viruses attempt to masquerade as valid AntiVirus software. Avira is no exception as it is a commonly used because they offer a FREE version, and it is very effective. Don’t fall prey to your own ignorance, or negligence. Make sure your Avira software comes directly from http://www.avira.com/ and the same principle applies to ANY AntiVirus product.
Wonderful, not to long, so very, very helpful
Thank you