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Stand-Alone Antivirus Software?

An anonymous reader writes "I work for a company that repairs specialty devices that have an embedded Mini-ATX motherboard without a CD-ROM drive and run Windows XP Home. And while the USB flash drives we insert into them have a physical write-protect tab, we still encounter a (rather annoying) display dialog from malware/viruses to remove the write-protect so the malware can infect the flash drive. We don't remove the write-protect, obviously, but would like to offer our customers the option of removing the malware/virus without having to install any software. We would rather not install/uninstall antivirus software even for one-time use, due to various licensing issues, nor do we want to connect to the Internet to use web-based online scanners. Is there any stand-alone anti-virus/anti-malware software for Windows that can be run directly from the write-protected flash drive itself?"

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  1. Re:You did ZERO reaserch on your own... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    You're a Fucking Dick dude. YOU wasted your time be replying dip shit. You didn't have to even fucking read it you tard. Now YOU have wasted MY TIME... Booo hooooo hoooooo.....now I'm a victim....

  2. Re:Plenty by mlauzon · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    So, what brand of tinfoil do you use for your hat, is one brand better than another..?!