BleepingComputer.com: Using BartPE or others to remove infections

For quite some time I've been using a bartpe CD with the XPE plugin that has Ad-aware, A Squared, and AVG 7.5 plugins on it to fight viruses and spyware infection from outside of the windows OS. But I'm finding that as time goes by, these programs are not as capable of getting rid of some of the harder to fight infections that Combofix and Malware Bytes Anti-Malware can detect and remove.

In my opinion it's better to boot from a cd and remove spyware and virus infections from the outside since the infections aren't actively running and trying to avoid the scanners. It would be great if combofix and Malware Bytes Anti-malware could run on such a tool as the bartpe or even the UBCD4win CD since both of these softwares are able to load and access the registry for scanning of the PC on which it is running without having to boot the infected OS.

I don't know if this has been suggested or asked and whether or not it has been answered but can anyone shed any light on this for me?

Thanks.

ComboFix is an extremely powerful tool which should only be used when instructed to do so by someone who has been properly trained. ComboFix is intended by its creator to be "used under the guidance and supervision of an expert", NOT for private use. Please read Combofix's Disclaimer. Using this tool incorrectly could lead to disastrous problems with your operating system such as preventing it from ever starting again.

There will be no discussion of ComboFix, outside of the HijackThis Logs and Virus/Trojan/Spyware/Malware Removal forum.
If you wish to discuss other programs, that is fine.

Any further mention, of this program, will result in this topic being closed.

OK.

This post has been edited by shinomen: 04 January 2009 - 09:24 AM

MalwareBytes will not be ported to BartPE.

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