boottime anti virus? flash drive?

[aceofskies05]

Is there a Os i can put on a flash drive to boot from so that i can scan my pc for viruses?

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[Schadenfroh]

Ultimate Boot CD For Windows

 

[DrGreen2007]

BartPE with the McAfee plugin, works pretty fast

 

[dclive]

Originally posted by: aceofskies05
Is there a Os i can put on a flash drive to boot from so that i can scan my pc for viruses?

Hard way for those with *lots* of time: Windows XP from a USB drive (yes, it can be done, yes, from a standard USB drive, no funny BIOS hacks required). The install will be married to the original hardware, but if you've got lots of machines of the same model/type....

Much better way for pretty much everyone: BartPE, as mentioned. PlugIns are trivial to add and easy to keep up to date - then just burn another CD or slap it on another USB key.