Knoppix, the live Linux on a bootable CD, is proving to be the most innovative, useful Linux distribution there is. Starting with Knoppix 3.4, you can use it as a portable, cross-platform virus scanner. The advantages of this are many
[list=1][*] You are working from a guaranteed clean operating system, which being on a non-writable disk, is impossible to compromise[*] Because you must power down the PC to boot Knoppix, any memory-resident nasties are evicted[*] It is free, so you can burn masses of disks, and go on a virus-scanning spree[/list=1]
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