On Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:53:14 -0400, Wolf K <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:
>On 07/09/2010 04:06, mm wrote:
>>
>> I've learned a bunch about antiviurs rescue CDs in the last few days.
>>
>> In the last post, I forgot to say that BitDefender was run from a
>> rescue CD. When it starts, it first dl's any virus definitions that
>> it has created since the .iso file was written. In BitD's case, that
>> was about 4 days, and it didn't take very long to fetch the updates.
>>
>> When I was done running the CD, I looked at its contents and there
>> were no new files, and of course not everyone with a virus runs the CD
>> in a CD burner.
>>
>> Does that mean the updates are lost and will have to be retrieved
>> again if the CD is run again??
>>
>>
>> Similarly, I dl'ed the Kaspersky CD and iirc that CD had a date of 3
>> or 4 months ago, and it took about an hour to dl the updates. Those
>> are lost too now that I rebooted the computer, right?
>>
>> I don't really mind, but I woudl still like to know. (I had her pick
>> up the CD (for BitD) at my house and I talked her though starting it
>> over the phone, then had her leave the computer on until she finished
>> sleeping and went out until 3PM and I got there after that. But next
>> time with someone else it may not work out that well, so i'd like to
>> know.)
>>
>> Does anyone know if it is typical for Kaspersky's file to be 3 or 4
>> months old?
>>
>
>Why would a rescue CDs be set up to automatically burn updated
>definitions to a CD-RW? Think about it: if they did that, malware could
>use it too, and insert itself into the rescue CD. In any case, never use
>a CD-RW for a rescue disk, just in case.
Aha. Okay. Thanks.
>
>cheers,
>wolf k.
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