Portable Antivirus

In article <518ed9ed-6f1a-4b19-beec-3055ee9ebc18
@e10g2000prf.googlegroups.com>, roybasan.RemoveThis@gmail.com says...
> I would like to know if portable antivirus software is possible where
> you can just carry it on your USB or External hard drive and install
> it just when needed.

Multi-AV is the only one I've seen that does what you want.

I install it on a PC to update it, then copy it to a transport device
with the updates, then run it as needed.

Dave Lipman's tools:
Download MULTI_AV.EXE from the URL --
http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp

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From: "Roy" <roybasan.TakeThisOut@gmail.com>


| Very Interesting, thanks for the info...I have visited the site and
| found out it although I can't understand the description of the
| webpage as its in german language but I downloaded the Multi AV file
| anyway
| When I extracted I found that its not a single tool but a groups of
| tools which find a bit confusing initially....
| There is also a PDF which explains but I am still trying to understand
| the details...
| I would like to know as since I am using another antivirus software in
| my PC is upon installing; then updating would it not pose any
| conflict with my default antivirus tools?
| Thank You!
| Roy

Hi Roy, I'm the author.

No conflicts since it is an "On Demand" command-line scanner only.

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Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp
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On Jan 2, 6:36 am, "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nosp...@Verizon.Net>
wrote:
> From: "Roy" <royba....TakeThisOut@gmail.com>
>
> | Very Interesting, thanks for the info...I have visited the site and
> | found out it although I can't understand the description of the
> | webpage as its in german language but I downloaded the Multi AV file
> | anyway
> | When I extracted I found that its not a single tool but a groups of
> | tools  which find a bit confusing initially....
> | There is also a PDF which explains but I am still trying to understand
> | the details...
> | I would like to know as since I am using another antivirus software in
> | my PC is upon installing;  then updating  would it not pose any
> | conflict with my default antivirus tools?
> | Thank You!
> | Roy
>
> Hi Roy, I'm the author.
>
> No conflicts since it is an "On Demand" command-line scanner only.
>
> --
> Davehttp://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
> Multi-AV -http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp

Hello Dave, Its nice to know you!
Would it be possible for you to explain to me the way how the command
line scanner works in this particular program...? Most antivirus
programs I had installed in the past seems to work automatically on
the background when your PC is running so never get the hang how
command line does it stuff?
Thanks!
Roy
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From: "Roy" <roybasan RemoveThis @gmail.com>


|
| Hello Dave, Its nice to know you!
| Would it be possible for you to explain to me the way how the command
| line scanner works in this particular program...? Most antivirus
| programs I had installed in the past seems to work automatically on
| the background when your PC is running so never get the hang how
| command line does it stuff?
| Thanks!
| Roy

Hi Roy:

"On Demand" means that the utility is launched manually, by the user, in an attempt to find
and/or find/remove malware. The utility is meant for cleaning an infected PC and not for
protection. Protection comes form a fully installed anti virus application that performs
both "On Demand" and "On Access" scanning. "On Access" scanning is the mode of operation
where as files are written or read from media, the files are scanned for malicious content
via signatures and/or heuristic detection.

Thus the Multi AV Scanning Tool I created is meant to supplement an already installed anti
virus application or to be used when a PC is known to be infected. It is not intended to
prevent infections and because this is a utility, and not an application, will not interfere
with an already installed anti virus application.

HTH

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In article <518ed9ed-6f1a-4b19-beec-3055ee9ebc18
@e10g2000prf.googlegroups.com>, roybasan.RemoveThis@gmail.com says...
> Hello group
> I would like to know if portable antivirus software is possible where
> you can just carry it on your USB or External hard drive and install
> it just when needed.
> I was asking these as I occasionally travel and I don't bring my
> laptop often and had to use other PCs which are available on the
> locality I am visiting.
> My concern is many of these PCs don't have reliable antivirus
> softwares installed so in many cases my portable drives etc will be
> infected.
> Could somebody give me some info about this matter?
> Thank You!
> Roy
>
>
Some guys here got a version of the Ultimate Boot CD For Windows working from a USB stick
instead of a CD. But before I could get them to tell me how to get the booting from the stick to work,
their section was dissolved, several of them made redundant, and they lost interest in being helpful.
If anybody knows, please tell me!
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foghollow wrote:
> In article <518ed9ed-6f1a-4b19-beec-3055ee9ebc18
> @e10g2000prf.googlegroups.com>, roybasan.TakeThisOut@gmail.com says...
> > Hello group
> > I would like to know if portable antivirus software is possible where
> > you can just carry it on your USB or External hard drive and install
> > it just when needed.
> > I was asking these as I occasionally travel and I don't bring my
> > laptop often and had to use other PCs which are available on the
> > locality I am visiting.
> > My concern is many of these PCs don't have reliable antivirus
> > softwares installed so in many cases my portable drives etc will be
> > infected.
> > Could somebody give me some info about this matter?
> > Thank You!
> > Roy
> >
> >
> Some guys here got a version of the Ultimate Boot CD For Windows working from a USB stick
> instead of a CD. But before I could get them to tell me how to get the booting from the stick to work,
> their section was dissolved, several of them made redundant, and they lost interest in being helpful.
> If anybody knows, please tell me!

Dunno about the USB stick booting
Ultimate Boot CD but if Linux interest
you try.

http://pendrivelinux.com

Warning some pendrives are physically
set to 2048 bytes sectors which might
be a problem with lilo -M /dev/drive
setting MBR (well that's my experiance).

I've got an Asus Eee PC with XP as the
main installation (instead of Xandros)
But I boot multi-distro's of Linux
via USB stick or SD card.

Here's how to setup a USB boot device (overview).

fdisk /dev/sdX

setup 2 partitions 1) partition 1
make FAT16 (750Mb)
2) partition 2 EXT2 (rest of device)

make partition 1 the active partition


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format the partitions.

mkfs.vfat -F 16 -n MyFAT16 /dev/sdX1

mkfs.ext2 -b 4096 -L MyEXT2 /dev/sdX2

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Mount partition 1
mount -t vfat /dev/sdX1 /mnt/sdX1

Now copy your Live-CD image over to the
FAT16 partition.

==========

setup MBR

lilo -M /dev/sdX

=========

Set BIOS to boot USB device, enjoy.


Checkout the pendrivelinux site for
detailed instructions.



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