Well, I think you and that other guy missed MY point. This article discussion topic, is_about maleware / viruses. BartPE is a PoS. ERD 200x IS basicly a live CD, but will only run for 24 hours at a time before shutting down, you also *gasp* have to pay for it . . . Now back to what I was talking about, you were saying that Windows loads tons of un needed drivers, well thats why I said slipstreaming, you do know what slipstreaming _is_ dont you ? You can remove / add any amount of drivers you like, turn on / off services, and basicly adjust any aspect of a Windows XP setup disk, but, this doesnt make a live CD. Now if you two were talking about running live CDs as an alternative to running an OS from HDD, then it would be nice if you two stayed on topic, and made these things clear.
Miles ahead if you're lazy perhaps, there another tool seemingly lost on you 'slipstreaming'. You can manually slipstream, or use third party GUI tools. I think we all can agree Windows is NOT like Linux in many respects, one is that you actually have to pay for someone elses hard work, two while windows may make update availible via the internet, you cannot download a freshly made ISO (atleast not without a high level MSDN subscription you cant). Anyhow, the only other option for this case, is slipstreaming, and if you think about it, its easier on bandwidth, and less time consuming than downloading an entire ISO from whatever distro you preffer. Yes, we also know that Linux has live updates as well . . .
Now, why live CD if not for maintenance ? Atleast in this situation thats the whole idea, removal of malicious software. You need something to mount a drive, in a way, that makes removing malware easier. Personally, I'd never use a Linux LIVE CD to 'fix' anything on a windows system, but I actually know about, and know how to use the tools availible for said operating system. Would you use a 'LIVE' windows CD to remove rootkits from Linux ? Somehow I dont think so.
So I guess the idea of ERD 200x, Windows PE, etc were completely lost on you ? Lets not forget that atleast the two items I've mentioned can actually mount, read, and write to a NTFS file system without problems, and ERD can break / reset passwds locally. There are also other options such as booting from USB (where you can use many different media types), booting into safemode (assuming you're running windows), and writting your own applications for finding, and dealing with viruses in general.
Since we're obviously talking mainly windows here (key word virus . ..) I think its rather limited thinking that you would use a different OS to deal with said system.
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Well, I think you and that other guy missed MY point. This article discussion topic, is_about maleware / viruses. BartPE is a PoS. ERD 200x IS basicly a live CD, but will only run for 24 hours at a time before shutting down, you also *gasp* have to pay for it . . . Now back to what I was talking about, you were saying that Windows loads tons of un needed drivers, well thats why I said slipstreaming, you do know what slipstreaming _is_ dont you ? You can remove / add any amount of drivers you like, turn on / off services, and basicly adjust any aspect of a Windows XP setup disk, but, this doesnt make a live CD. Now if you two were talking about running live CDs as an alternative to running an OS from HDD, then it would be nice if you two stayed on topic, and made these things clear.
Sorry guy, topic is 'spying on botNETs.
Its obvious that you need to read your own quote.
Miles ahead if you're lazy perhaps, there another tool seemingly lost on you 'slipstreaming'. You can manually slipstream, or use third party GUI tools. I think we all can agree Windows is NOT like Linux in many respects, one is that you actually have to pay for someone elses hard work, two while windows may make update availible via the internet, you cannot download a freshly made ISO (atleast not without a high level MSDN subscription you cant). Anyhow, the only other option for this case, is slipstreaming, and if you think about it, its easier on bandwidth, and less time consuming than downloading an entire ISO from whatever distro you preffer. Yes, we also know that Linux has live updates as well . . . Now, why live CD if not for maintenance ? Atleast in this situation thats the whole idea, removal of malicious software. You need something to mount a drive, in a way, that makes removing malware easier. Personally, I'd never use a Linux LIVE CD to 'fix' anything on a windows system, but I actually know about, and know how to use the tools availible for said operating system. Would you use a 'LIVE' windows CD to remove rootkits from Linux ? Somehow I dont think so.
So I guess the idea of ERD 200x, Windows PE, etc were completely lost on you ? Lets not forget that atleast the two items I've mentioned can actually mount, read, and write to a NTFS file system without problems, and ERD can break / reset passwds locally. There are also other options such as booting from USB (where you can use many different media types), booting into safemode (assuming you're running windows), and writting your own applications for finding, and dealing with viruses in general. Since we're obviously talking mainly windows here (key word virus . . .) I think its rather limited thinking that you would use a different OS to deal with said system.