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Jeff is looking for antivirus software that he can run from his USB drive:

DO u know where i could find a usb antivirus program? I think something like that would be quite usefull for computers that can’t connect to the internet and such. I try’d looking on ur site to see if i could find one, but i could not. Any help would be great thx.

Well, Jeff, I took a quick look through some of my favorite portable application sites and I came up with the following list:

• ClamWin Portable - http://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/clamwin_portable
• Rogue Remover - http://www.malwarebytes.org/rogueremover.php
• IRClean - http://www.diamondcs.com.au/index.php?page=irclean
• Multi Virus Cleaner - http://www.viruskeeper.com/us/mvc.htm
• Sophos Anti-Rootkit - http://www.sophos.com/products/free-tools/sophos-anti-rootkit.html
• Windows Worms Doors Cleaner - http://www.firewallleaktester.com/wwdc.htm
• KL-Detector - http://dewasoft.com/privacy/kldetector.htm
• Trend Micro System Cleaner - http://esupport.trendmicro.com/support/viewxml.do?ContentID=en-125991
• Rootkit Revealer - http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilities/RootkitRevealer.mspx
• Stinger - http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/
• AntiVir Personal Edition Classic - http://www.free-av.com

These applications are in no particular order. I have not tried all of these so you may get varying results.

Thanks for the e-mail, Jeff

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7 Responses to “E-Mail Request: USB Antivirus”

1. The Fieldhouse Says:
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2. Tienie de Coning Says:
   March 16th, 2007 at 5:57 am

   Thanks for the links!

   I have also been looking for something like this. The main concern for me was that it have a “resident shield” otherwise there is no point in having it.

   Avast anti virus has a u3 version of there software, I feel that software vendors should not limit themselves to u3 but should make software that can run on any usb device. Be it a flash disk, iPod or portable HDD.

3. www.gadgetguy.de - The GadgetGuy Says:
   March 16th, 2007 at 9:25 am

   Portable Antivirus…

   Tim is looking for a portable Antivirus solution to carry around on a USB stick.
   My recommendation would be ClamWin Portable. Alternatively, you could use a Linux Live distribution that boots from USB, like the Inside Security Rescue Toolkit or a simil…

4. fak3r Says:
   March 16th, 2007 at 9:29 am

   Run Linux on a USB stick; either within Windows or outside of it. Either way you can scan files, and then learn not to worry about them as much if you’re in Linux.

   Sorry, just got Slax to boot on my USB drive here at work this morning before everyone got here and I’m jones to play with it more!

   But back on topic, I’m blown away by the opportunity ‘PortableApps’ provides, a great site, I hope they continue to expand their offerings, I use PortableGaim everyday and PortableGimp at least once a week. (no install on the machine means the company can’t ’see’ it (as easily) since there’s no reg entry. Just install Cygwin, and drop the PortableApps into /usr/local — they haven’t found anything yet.

5. Shelly Says:
   March 16th, 2007 at 9:11 pm

   Last I saw Avast! had a version out for U3 user’s. Sadly their are few “Full” fledge Anti-Virus programs usable on USB Flash Drives. What you will find alot of are Virus/Trojan removers, meant only for a few specified ones. Clamwin Protable is your best bet for using on any Non-Hardware related USB Flash Drives.

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