Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 10:49:00 -0500 (CDT) From: Tony Shadwick <tshadwick@goinet.com> To: Brent Wiese <brently@bjwcs.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bootable CD with virus checking for NTFS Message-ID: <20050608104723.L23064@mail.goinet.com> In-Reply-To: <200506081144156.SM03920@quickstep> References: <200506081144156.SM03920@quickstep>
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On Wed, 8 Jun 2005, Brent Wiese wrote: > I've been searching around for a bootable CD that can virus fix NTFS > partitions. Obviously that means it needs to be able to mount NTFS > partitions as RW. > > I've found several CD's based on Linux that will check in RO mode, but none > that will (safely anyways) in RW. > > Pipe dream? > > Heck, doesn't even need to be free as long as the cost is reasonable. > > Just so extra emails aren't generated, I've tried: > > Helix > Ultimate Boot CD (this one claims NTFS RW, but when I boot, it appears to be > RO... Haven't actually tried using on an infected system yet) > Auditor > Whoppix Just so you know, I'm pretty sure all of the LiveCD's go RO by default, even if the kernel is compiled to allow RW. That's just a safety precaution against users that don't know the limits and dangers of writing to an NTFS volume. You can still pop open a terminal and re-mount it RW by hand, although I would suggest running clam (that's what you're using, right?), and if you FIND a virus, mount it RW and either remove it by hand or run clam again again allow clam to clean up the mess then.
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