Re: Where can I find an online anti-virus that doesn't install on your PC?

[Lee Braiden]

stentcharpentier82463 wrote:
> I've got 5 PCs that I'm trying to use to train disadvantaged young
> people. The problem is they are riddled with viruses and a firewall
> blocks me from updating them. The people in charge of maintaining the
> PCs won't fix them or give me the admin password (Win XP) to let me
> install a new or updated antivirus the centre is being shut down in a
> few months.
>
> If they were working, I could still do a lot with them, so I've been
> looking for a good online virus scan - but they all try to download a
> little .exe onto your PC first, and the settings on the PCs won't
> allow that.
>
> Suggestions? Solutions? Links?

Hmm. If you can't convince management to get new IT people, then you
might want to consider live CDs or even just installing a new OS from
scratch. They're essentially unsupported anyway.

The live CD option would be slower for users, and it might not even be
your preferred OS, but I think it's just unacceptable to teach people
computers and risk the confusion caused by viruses popping up windows,
causing unexpected slow-downs, etc. Or worse... having them thinking
that viruses are normal or expected on their machines.

At best, continuing as-is will make their training harder than it needs
to be, and perhaps encourage bad practices in future, which will harm IT
as a whole. At worst, it could put them off computing for life.

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Lee

[Diarmuid Bourke]

Was this email not spam? If it wasn't spam, it was surely completely off-topic.

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[Daniel Kersten]

Off topic? Who are we to say some Python Ireland peeps don't need
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2009/9/24 Diarmuid Bourke <diarmui...@gmail.com>:

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