Free AVG rescue CD/USB

[TeeEm]

Free AVG Rescue Toolkit.

Could help with recovery from a persistent virus and spyware infection.

Can use with Windows and Linux operating systems (FAT32 and NTFS file systems)

 

[aye-aye-Chris]

Downloaded and about to put it to work. I have one on the bench right now.

I shall report back.

 

[aye-aye-Chris]

USB version boots great, easy to 'make' as long as you do it, I assume with admin rights from CMD or via Safe boot, which is how I did it.

To the virus laden PC next...

 

[TeeEm]

1) Copy the whole rar archive content to the USB drive. Do not copy it to any
directory, but directly to the USB drive root!

2) Switch to the USB drive and run the makeboot.bat batch file. It is VERY
IMPORTANT to run this file from the USB drive, otherwise it can corrupt
your hard drive master boot record and make your Windows operating system
un-bootable!

The makeboot.bat batch file will display the drive letter to which it will
install the boot sector.

MAKE SURE THIS DRIVE LETTER CORRESPONDS TO THE USB DRIVE.

3) Now the AVG Rescue USB should be bootable. You can restart your computer
and try to boot from the USB drive. Please make sure your BIOS supports
booting from USB drive and you have properly set the boot device sequence.

 

[aye-aye-Chris]

1) Copy the whole rar archive content to the USB drive. Do not copy it to any
directory, but directly to the USB drive root!
etc etc etc snipped

Yes. All true, but it wouldn't work running makeboot.bat from Explorer. It ran, but failed in some parts.

I rebooted to Safe Mode (Command Prompt), changed to the USB drive (F: in mine) and then ran makeboot.bat and it ran as it should.

I've now tried it.
(1) It couldn't connect via my wireless network so couldn't do updates.

(2) I've had difficulty selecting drives. Can only do 1 at a time, not Select All Drives. :/

Got visitors, further testing later, and anyway, the F1's are about to race.

 

[TeeEm]

Have used this on later model, eg. dual core computers from an CD boot iso, which also by the way offers to make a USB Drive boot tester on its initial menu.
Just recently tried it on an another older P4 comp and even though it updated the virus pattern it wouldn't complete the task. ( probably didn't like the screen saver kicking in )
Was also boot choosey on a comp with dual CD ROM drives.
Oh well, win some, lose some.
I think I've had more success loading Malwarebytes onto a USB Flash drive and running XP in safe mode to get rid of nasties that seem to interfere with virus/malware programs from within XP in normal load.