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

[Jonathan Bringhurst]

If you can, just reset the passwords. It seems like the admins don't
care about them anyway....

http://rhadimas.wordpress.com/2006/10/15/reset-windows-password-w-knoppix/

I wouldn't even bother with a web based scanner. Most of them are
spyware anyway. Use something like Avast or AVG instead.

-Jon

On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 11:58 AM, reisingerbosh36858
<reisinger...@gmail.com> 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?
> >
>