From: Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com>

On 12/12/2016 06:05 PM, David B. wrote:
> On 12/12/2016 14:01, CRNG wrote:
>> I would like to find a portable AntiVirus that I can run from a USB
>> thumb drive on WinXPsp3 and Win7pro32. Does anyone have a
>> recommendation?  I tried ClamWin and Avast and they didn't work out;
>> and Avira doesn't run on WinXP.
>>
>> Thanks
>
> Try this! :-)
>
> =
>
> Dr.Web« LiveDisk
>
> Emergency system repair from a CD/DVD disk or a bootable USB drive
>
> If the activities of malicious programs have made it impossible for you
> to boot a computer running Windows, you can recover the affected system
> for free using Dr.Web LiveDisk!
>
> With Dr.Web LiveDisk you can not only clean your system of infected and
> suspicious files but also copy important information to removable media
> or another computer; Dr.Web LiveDisk also attempts to cure infected
> objects.
>
> https://www.freedrweb.com/livedisk/
>
Yes, something like this.
IMHO, USB based AV has sense only if it is used as a bootable USB,
with ability to update its DB online.

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