A friend has a computer in her apartment with no internet connection.
She was given the computer because it was "having problems". There`s a
basic detect-only AV on the machine - and it shows 83 separate trojans
and viruses!

I use Spyware Terminator and AGV free and I like them. But they both
require an internet connection to download, install, and update.

Is there a good free antivirus program that I can download both
program and definition updates to my computer, then burn to a CD and
transfer onto hers?

Ed

"Ed from AZ" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:dd58a31d-aaaa-4a87-be23-(E-Mail Removed)...
>A friend has a computer in her apartment with no internet connection.
> She was given the computer because it was "having problems". There`s a
> basic detect-only AV on the machine - and it shows 83 separate trojans
> and viruses!
>
> I use Spyware Terminator and AGV free and I like them. But they both
> require an internet connection to download, install, and update.
>
> Is there a good free antivirus program that I can download both
> program and definition updates to my computer, then burn to a CD and
> transfer onto hers?
>
> Ed


She shouldn't need an AV if she is not connected to the internet, but
download the free version of this tool and give it to her. It should clean
it out.

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware
http://malwarebytes.org/
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Oct. 1, 2004 ~ Sept. 30, 2010
Imperial Beach, CA

>A friend has a computer in her apartment with no internet connection.
>She was given the computer because it was "having problems". There`s a
>basic detect-only AV on the machine - and it shows 83 separate trojans
>and viruses!
>
>I use Spyware Terminator and AGV free and I like them. But they both
>require an internet connection to download, install, and update.
>
>Is there a good free antivirus program that I can download both
>program and definition updates to my computer, then burn to a CD and
>transfer onto hers?
>
>Ed

http://www.avira.com/en/avira-free-antivirus

Look for the VDF section to download definition updates. Nuff said.

- Thee Chicago Wolf [MVP]

"Anthony Buckland" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> "Bruce Hagen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:ibhgld$prf$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> ...
>> She shouldn't need an AV if she is not connected to the internet, ...
>
> Someone I know got an apparently commercial
> thumb drive in a manufacturer-sealed package
> recently at a silent-auction-for-charity affair.
> I said I'd check it out for her, inserted it, and
> promply got a red alert from my antivirus. Two
> malware items. I carefully extracted it and, with
> her approval, dismantled it and destroyed the
> recording medium.
>
> The internet is far from the only infection route.


Point taken. I was just thinking writing & solitaire.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Oct. 1, 2004 ~ Sept. 30, 2010
Imperial Beach, CA

Anthony Buckland wrote:
> "Bruce Hagen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> ...
>> She shouldn't need an AV if she is not connected to the internet, ...
>
> Someone I know got an apparently commercial
> thumb drive in a manufacturer-sealed package
> recently at a silent-auction-for-charity affair.
> I said I'd check it out for her, inserted it, and
> promply got a red alert from my antivirus. Two
> malware items. I carefully extracted it and, with
> her approval, dismantled it and destroyed the
> recording medium.

Huh? Now that's an over-the-top way of fighting viruses - physically
destroying the media they're on! Unless I misunderstand something. Couldn't you
just have formatted the thing and used it?


> The internet is far from the only infection route.

Oh, no doubt about that.

--
You'd be crazy to e-mail me with the crazy. But leave the div alone.
--
Whoever bans a book, shall be banished. Whoever burns a book, shall burn.

On Thu, 11 Nov 2010 11:27:53 -0800 (PST), Ed from AZ
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>A friend has a computer in her apartment with no internet connection.
>She was given the computer because it was "having problems". There`s a
>basic detect-only AV on the machine - and it shows 83 separate trojans
>and viruses!
>
>I use Spyware Terminator and AGV free and I like them. But they both
>require an internet connection to download, install, and update.
>
>Is there a good free antivirus program that I can download both
>program and definition updates to my computer, then burn to a CD and
>transfer onto hers?

I think PCTools has a rescue boot CD that is updated weekly and then
there is no further update when you use it.

There might also be one other like that. I'd recognize the name if
someone said it was like that.
>
>Ed

She won't get any futher viruses if she doesn't read in files on
floppies, flashdrives, or home-made CDs. I haven't heard of viruses
on commercial CDs.

I suggest download Microsoft's MSE from here:

<http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/?mkt=en-us>

Please select the correct version for he based on her Operating system
and whether it is 32 bit or 64 bit.

You also need to download the definitions updates from here:

<http://www.microsoft.com/security/portal/Definitions/ADL.aspx>

Again you need to download the correct version from above link. You
need Microsoft Security Essentials updates - 32 bit or 64 bit

Install both and then run it on the infected system. Sometimes you may
need to run it twice to be absolutely certain that everything has been
taken care of.

hth


Ed from AZ wrote:
> A friend has a computer in her apartment with no internet connection.
> She was given the computer because it was "having problems". There`s a
> basic detect-only AV on the machine - and it shows 83 separate trojans
> and viruses!
>
> I use Spyware Terminator and AGV free and I like them. But they both
> require an internet connection to download, install, and update.
>
> Is there a good free antivirus program that I can download both
> program and definition updates to my computer, then burn to a CD and
> transfer onto hers?
>
> Ed

On Fri, 12 Nov 2010 10:12:51 +0000, ~BD~ <~BD~@nomail.afraid.org>
wrote:

>mm wrote:
>[....]
>
>> I haven't heard of viruses
>> on commercial CDs.
>
>
>FYI - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_BM...ection_scandal
>
>Dave

It never ends. Thanks.

"Anthony Buckland" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Patok" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:ibhs7q$1jt$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Anthony Buckland wrote:
>>>
>>> Someone I know got an apparently commercial
>>> thumb drive in a manufacturer-sealed package
>>> recently at a silent-auction-for-charity affair.
>>> I said I'd check it out for her, inserted it, and
>>> promply got a red alert from my antivirus. Two
>>> malware items. I carefully extracted it and, with
>>> her approval, dismantled it and destroyed the
>>> recording medium.
>>
>> Huh? Now that's an over-the-top way of fighting viruses -
>> physically destroying the media they're on! Unless I misunderstand
>> something. Couldn't you just have formatted the thing and used it?
>> ...
>
> For 2 Gby, not worth the effort. The last two drives I
> acquired were 32 Gby each.

Formatting a 2GB flash drive is too much effort??!! ROTFL! Now I
*have* heard everything!
--
Glen Ventura
MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009
CompTIA A+
http://dts-l.net/

On Fri, 12 Nov 2010 08:04:36 -0500, "glee" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>"Anthony Buckland" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>> "Patok" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:ibhs7q$1jt$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> Anthony Buckland wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Someone I know got an apparently commercial
>>>> thumb drive in a manufacturer-sealed package
>>>> recently at a silent-auction-for-charity affair.
>>>> I said I'd check it out for her, inserted it, and
>>>> promply got a red alert from my antivirus. Two
>>>> malware items. I carefully extracted it and, with
>>>> her approval, dismantled it and destroyed the
>>>> recording medium.
>>>
>>> Huh? Now that's an over-the-top way of fighting viruses -
>>> physically destroying the media they're on! Unless I misunderstand
>>> something. Couldn't you just have formatted the thing and used it?
>>> ...
>>
>> For 2 Gby, not worth the effort. The last two drives I
>> acquired were 32 Gby each.

Weren't they connected by wires to something too big to put in your
shirt pocket?
>
>Formatting a 2GB flash drive is too much effort??!! ROTFL! Now I
>*have* heard everything!

Yeah, LOL