Virus scanner to Scan NTFS,

Hoehaver · 08-03-2008, 05:43 PM

okay. so i downloaded an emulator(so i thought) and it turned out to be a virus 0.o a security window would pop up saying ive been infected and it was helping me out and doing a scan for me (psh) i dont have antivirus on windows. up until now(and the far past) i was able to screen my computer. knowing what to look for in a virus or w.e but yeah i miessed up... and when i login to windows it tells me (i press alt ctrl delete) your computer administrate has disabled task manager. so yeah...

what anti virus program can i use on ubuntu 8.04 to scan my first partition free of viruses?

Hoehaver · 08-03-2008, 05:52 PM

and yes i can read and write on ntfs.

just a note i thoguth id add..

lensman3 · 08-03-2008, 07:25 PM

F-prot has a Linux/BSD native version. I don't know if it will scan mounted ntfs or it is designed to scan emails that are accepted by a sendmail server.

08-03-2008, 05:43 PM	#1 (permalink)
Hoehaver Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3 OS: windows xp, Ubuntu	Virus scanner to Scan NTFS, okay. so i downloaded an emulator(so i thought) and it turned out to be a virus 0.o a security window would pop up saying ive been infected and it was helping me out and doing a scan for me (psh) i dont have antivirus on windows. up until now(and the far past) i was able to screen my computer. knowing what to look for in a virus or w.e but yeah i miessed up... and when i login to windows it tells me (i press alt ctrl delete) your computer administrate has disabled task manager. so yeah... what anti virus program can i use on ubuntu 8.04 to scan my first partition free of viruses?

08-03-2008, 05:52 PM	#2 (permalink)
Hoehaver Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3 OS: windows xp, Ubuntu	Re: Virus scanner to Scan NTFS, and yes i can read and write on ntfs. just a note i thoguth id add..

08-03-2008, 07:25 PM	#3 (permalink)
lensman3 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Littleton, Colorado USA Posts: 470 OS: xp 64 sp2 Fedora Core 8 (vmware xp core 8 x32) Minix	Re: Virus scanner to Scan NTFS, F-prot has a Linux/BSD native version. I don't know if it will scan mounted ntfs or it is designed to scan emails that are accepted by a sendmail server.