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Is there a good antivirus working on Ubuntu (or debian) that one could use to scan a windows partition on a dual boot PC?

Asked by Thammuz (9277points) September 7th, 2009

i’m going to backup all my data on a new HDD today and i was seriously thinking i would make my pc a dual boot: Ubuntu for most things and windows mainly for gaming purposes (and maybe photoshop and other stuff, but mainly gaming).

The problem is i’m lazy and i know i will not want to reboot every time i want to get on the internet, expecially if i’m looking for something related to gaming (which happens quite often). So here’s my question: is there a way i can keep my windows partition clean and virusless from the ubuntu one?

Meaning that i can scan it from ubuntu thus ensuring that no file is left out (since the systen isn’t running)?

I know the alternative would be to make a partition image but i seriously don’t like the whole “back up the system and restore it” process because most times i lose lots of changes i forget to (or simply can’t) backup.

So, is there such a program or is the debian community ignoring this option?

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