Clean Windows virus without booting into windows

At times, the Windows operating system may be severely affected by malware, spyware and virus to the extent that it is not possible to install an anti-virus, anti-malware or anti-spyware tool within the Windows operating system.

Nowadays, intelligent malware,spyware and virus are able to block out disinfectant tools and softwares that may be used to detect and eliminate the problems.

So how is it possible to clean up the operating system without booting into Windows?

2 known tools are available from renown anti-virus software companies.

1. Kaspersky Rescue Disk
2. F-Secure Rescue-CD

These are Live CDs which boots to a native environment that is independent of the operating system installed in the hard disk. And since they boot up using the files in the CD and not the hard-disk, malwares/spywares/virus in the hard-disk is unable to impair its operations.

Here are 2 very useful guides on how to use these CDs to remove the malwares, spywares and virus in your operating system.

1. Techmixer guide to using Kaspersky Rescue Disk

2. Linux-Tip.net guide to using F-Secure Rescue-CD

An easier way to download the CD images and install directly onto a USB drive instead of using CDs would be to use "Unetbootin". Just select the desired image [ F-secure or Kaspersky ] from the dropdown list of distributions and choose the USB drive to use. The "Unetbootin" application will automatically download the latest version of the Live CDs and install it onto the USB drive in one step.

A quick guide to using "Unetbootin" can be found here at PendriveLinux.com.

Unetbootin is available on operating systems such as Windows and Linux.

Recover botched Vista after cloning or resizing the partition!

Upgraded your hard-disk to a larger size and cloned your Vista OS over from the older hdd?

Doing that may cause the Vista OS to give you a "Winload.exe not found" error and you will not boot into Vista.


Before cursing yourself for buying the new HDD, there is a way to solve this problem.

WGA Black Screen of DOOM!

Windows had put a serious clamp of piracy of its Operating Systems product by introducing WGA aka Windows Genuine Advantage.

Although numerous ways have been cracked by hackers to remove the WGA check and allow continuous use of the pirated Windows OS, the latest WGA seems to put a stop to piracy on Windows Operating System.