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

[corabellaeason65999]

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?

[SpudPastor]

I am sorry to say that I don't have any ideas that will help you. You
are going to have to have administrative rights on the computer to get
it clean. I am not aware of a strictly web based anti-virus solution,
and even if there was, it is doubtful it would be able to do anything
without those rights.

Stephen



On Sep 23, 1:30 pm, corabellaeason65999

[Jeremy Geerdes]

I would concur with Stephen. Even the web-based anti-virus utilities
require the ability to access your hard disk and run the scan, which
they can't do without administrative access. Further, allowing such a
web-based application administrative access to the machine presents a
security risk in and of itself.

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