(OT) Open Source Virus Scanner

[Tom Metro]

Bill Horne wrote:
> paul.cour1-H+0wwilmMs3R7s880joybQ at public.gmane.org wrote:
>> Ran Spy Bot and Clamwin Virus Scanners without finding anything (???)
>> Any suggestions on Open Source Virus Scanner or technique ???
> 
> Download Process Explorer from the Microsoft Sysinternals site, and use 
> it to find all non-MS processes running in the machine. Kill them, then 
> run the virus scan.

Better yet, boot a Linux CD, and run ClamAV from that. Similarly there 
are bootable Windows CDs (http://www.ubcd4win.com/) that - with some 
effort - will let you run virus scanners independent of the installed OS.

The System Internals guys also have a tool called RootkitRevealer[1], 
which you run on the infected OS. It compares the file system as seen 
from the OS, vs. what it looks like from low-level I/O that bypasses the 
OS, to reveal files that are being hidden from the OS. I don't know if 
this tool is still getting much use - I see it hasn't been updated since 
2006.

1. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897445.aspx

  -Tom

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