I saw something that I thought was pretty awesome, about a week ago. I unfortunately, didn't get the chance to talk to the person, to get more details about his device.
He had a flash drive that he stuck into the computer, and it began running a full system anti-virus scan. He said the flash drive was not writable (some kind of switch or setting), something about being in CD-mode. Anyhow, nice as that little part was (not really super essential), the part that was super awesome was that he had an anti-virus program stored on the flash drive, and didn't need to install anything on a computer he went to, he just pop in the drive, and scan the computer from his flash drive. Sounds pretty awesome right ?
So..... First question. Has anybody seen this before, where can I buy this ?
Second question, if you haven't seen it before, has anyone heard of it, or how to make it / set it up using your own flash drive ?
Lastly... anyone heard of something similar ? I'm always looking for some cool new gadgets for anti-virus, spam, security, backup, etc. utilities.
Thanks.
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http://thepcsecurity.com/u
Also please be aware of the following:
Portable Antivirus Software are often stripped down version of their full-featured counterparts. They usually are available free for download, but generally, do not provide you a real-time security for your system. In this sense, they are not a substitute for your usual security software and antivirus, but are used for cleaning an already infected system.
Anti-virus and anti-spyware software also needs current definitions to clean malware that is newer as new malware is released all the time. Like Raheem05 stated, it is not a good idea to use this form of A/V software unless cleaning an already infected system. Also, the read only kind of defeats the purpose of the ability to update the definitions.
Dave
The most efficient way to scan a machine without installing software is by using a bootable rescue cd. I use the following two often:
Avira AntiVir Rescue System
BitDefender Rescue CD
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by: mspieglerPosted on 2009-11-03 at 18:39:02ID: 25735934
He probably had something like what some of the USB drive manufacturers do (like Sandisk) and made a U3 launchpad like application: http://en.wikipedia.org/wi
Apparently it works by emulating a read-only CD-ROM drive which is probably what he meant by CD mode...
IMy guess is he was using something like U3 and running a portable anti-virus application like ClamWin: http://portableapps.com/ap
There are a whole bunch of applications that are free and portable.