My review of AV rescue boot CD's

[RegEdit]

Bit Defender and Dr. Web found the most malware. Not sure which is the best.

I'd say the idea is to do just enough scanning and removing in order to get to the desktop so that you can run Malwarebytes and others. I tried running ALL of these and this caused a fatal login / logout loop. So I run just one, then see if I can work my magic on the desktop.

FREE - Bit Defender - downloads the latest definitions and scan automatically -
FREE - Dr Web's Live CD - you can download the latest definitions -
FREE - Kaspersky Rescue CD - took a LONG TIME to download the latest definitions (12 minutes) - After all that it didn't find a whole lot of viruses. Missed a ton that Malwarebytes later found. Beware of scanning "boot sectors" as this left one of my test computers damaged beyond repair. So uncheck "boot sectors".
FREE - Panda Rescue CD - NO updates! - Very short scan.
FREE - PC Tools Rescue CD - NO updates!
PAID - Avira Rescue CD - PAID software only! Doesn't work unless paid subscription.

 

[iisjman07]

Things I like about each:

Bitdefender - you can download a zip file of their updates and put it on a flash drive
DrWeb - Cures infections rather than deletes them
Kaspersky - Looks very nice, but scanner is incredibly slow (so are updates)

On a side note, I've used the avira rescue cd many times and it is freeware, isn't it?

 

[coreyspeed]

what about the AVG cd i would like to know what you think of this

 

[tech1]

what about the AVG cd i would like to know what you think of this

This will save you some time
http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives...-compared-in-search-for-the-best-rescue-disk/

 

[RegEdit]

Bitdefender - you can download a zip file of their updates and put it on a flash drive

How do you "tell" the Bit Defender GUI to load the update from the zip file on the flash drive?

DrWeb - Cures infections rather than deletes them

Are you talking about the option to quarantine rather than delete?
I guess this could come in handy if after quarantining you get a log in / log off loop?

 

[jaydeee]

why avast and malwarebytes are now listed on your review?

thanks for the info thought!

 

[iisjman07]

How do you "tell" the Bit Defender GUI to load the update from the zip file on the flash drive?

I haven't done this for a while so these guidelines may not be 100%. Download http://download.bitdefender.com/updates/bitdefender_v9/cumulative.zip and put it on your flash drive. From within the knoppiz environment, mount the drive so you can access the files. Now I think you right click on the desktop and choose the approriate option...

 

[Methical]

This will save you some time
http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives...-compared-in-search-for-the-best-rescue-disk/

Nice find. According to him, Kaspersky is the winner in his books.

 

[tech1]

Nice find. According to him, Kaspersky is the winner in his books.

Your welcome, I found it very intresting.

 

[Larry Sabo]

This will save you some time
http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives...-compared-in-search-for-the-best-rescue-disk/

That test is so outdated (4th December 2008 ... 2-and-a-half years ago!), I wouldn't put any faith in it at all.

 

[Majestic]

Bit Defender and Dr. Web found the most malware. Not sure which is the best.

I'd say the idea is to do just enough scanning and removing in order to get to the desktop so that you can run Malwarebytes and others. I tried running ALL of these and this caused a fatal login / logout loop. So I run just one, then see if I can work my magic on the desktop.

FREE - Bit Defender - downloads the latest definitions and scan automatically -
FREE - Dr Web's Live CD - you can download the latest definitions -
FREE - Kaspersky Rescue CD - took a LONG TIME to download the latest definitions (12 minutes) - After all that it didn't find a whole lot of viruses. Missed a ton that Malwarebytes later found. Beware of scanning "boot sectors" as this left one of my test computers damaged beyond repair. So uncheck "boot sectors".
FREE - Panda Rescue CD - NO updates! - Very short scan.
FREE - PC Tools Rescue CD - NO updates!
PAID - Avira Rescue CD - PAID software only! Doesn't work unless paid subscription.

What about VIPRE?

http://vipre.malwarebytes.org/