[PLUG] Windows Viruses and Linux

[Aaron Burt]

On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 11:32:41AM -0700, Richard C. Steffens wrote:
> A friend has asked me to help with cleaning off an older computer of 
> theirs. Over the years their son downloaded lots of stuff without 
> knowing too much about the safety of each site he visited.

It wouldn't hurt to boot from a LiveCD and scan the machine beforehand.
http://www.livecdlist.com/purpose/windows-antivirus
The AVG one is pretty good, AFAIK.

Make sure to budget a full day for the reload and patching,
  Aaron