Scan antivirus from cd

This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. I have the same question Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. For the benefit of others who will view this thread, you may try the ff: 1. Creating and using Rescue Disk in Avast Antivirus. PCs manufactured around the year may not be able to boot from a USB drive. Click Rescue Disk on the right side of the screen.

In the dialog that appears, select your USB drive. A progress screen appears as Rescue Disk is created. Turn on the PC to be scanned. As your PC starts up, press the appropriate key to enter the Boot Menu.

The keys that are commonly used are Esc , F12 or F Once you determine the proper key to access the Boot Menu , restart the PC again and immediately start tapping that key. If you cannot access the Boot Menu , refer to your PC's documentation on the relevant manufacturer's website, or try to contact the manufacturer's support.

Fix automatically Click Fix automatically on the results screen. Rescue Disk attempts to remove the malicious code from all infected files, while keeping the rest of each file intact. If it fails to repair any files, the files are automatically deleted from the infected PC.

Click Quit and restart computer to exit Rescue Disk. Do it manually Click Do it manually on the results screen. Tick the box next to the files you want to apply an action to, then select an action: Fix automatically : removes only the malicious code from the selected files, while keeping the rest of each file intact. One-time scan to remove malware and threats from your computer for FREE.

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Comprehensive malware detection Find and remove viruses, Trojans, spyware, phishing and other internet threats. Try these malware removal tools. The Avast Rescue Disk isn't a standalone product, as much as a service existing Avast customers can access from whichever Avast anti-virus or internet security package they are using. If you don't have Avast then don't worry - you can simply download a free version of Avast anti-virus software and use that. Then you've put those into your machine, double-click on your Avast icon on your desktop, or click once from your active tray.

When your Avast active panel has come up, click the left-hand setting "Protection", then click through the "Virus Scans" option that is presented. The rescue disk link will be somewhere in that section, perhaps standing alone to the right.

Once you've clicked through that, select either CD or USB as your preferred option, then the correct drive, then the rescue disk should begin to record to your media. Afterward, shut down or restart your PC with the media present, and use whichever keys are required to bring up the Boot Menu.

From there select your media, and the rescue disk option should come up. Select that, and then leave it to run. You can select for the rescue disk to "Fix "automatically" any malicious files that are found, or else select to manually review any results.

Kaspersky provides a number of free tools, and if you click on the link you'll probably have to scroll down a little before you find the Kaspersky Rescue Disk option. What we like about Kaspersky's rescue disk solution is that it's a clean and professional product which includes plenty of extras, but is also easy to use. A boot menu enables deciding whether to boot into full or limited graphics modes, for instance. The simple scanner can be launched with a single click. But you can choose to scan only specific folders, which should improve speeds.

You're able to view and even restore quarantined objects.