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  SOS- Anti-virus Rescue Disks to the rescue

  Nikhil Rastogi, Aug 10, 2008 0635 hrs IST

  These are special anti-virus disks that can be used to scan the computer without starting the OS.

  

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I'm generally called up by friends and family to fix their computers when things go wrong. Fixing often means getting rid of malware stuck deep into their systems. And have you noticed the ugly trend now? No longer do you find viruses that destroy data, but rather Trojans that very happily collect data and phone home to their server secretly. Well if I've to choose between data destroying virus and secretly collecting information virus, I'd rather prefer the latter.

In any case, this often means I've to download updated virus definitions, carry anti-virus software installers, process explorer when Windows Task Manager fails to open, spyware programs and assorted cleaning utilities to pry the nasty buggers loose. Though this kit does most of my job, I do lack one essential utility - a Rescue Disk.

Rescue disks aren't backed up files; these are special anti-virus disks that can be used to scan the computer without starting the operating system. What's the use of this, plenty!

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