And  remember, if you are using Linux for your mail server, you should certainly have anti-virus installed. Well, if your Windows machine has become unusable you have found the perfect use for such a combination. You probably never thought you would need any anti-virus on a Linux machine. Once you are done with the scan, make sure you unmount the "external" drive before you remove the hardware.Īfter the hard drive is off the Linux machine, re-install it to the Windows machine, and boot up. Hopefully one of your anti-virus tools will have caught the culprit and either quarantined or removed the virus. NOTE: I will be doing an article on installing and using Avira Antivir on Linux this week. You can use ClamAV for email-based viruses (Check out my article " Scan your Linux machine for viruses with ClamTK" for using a GUI front end for ClamAV). Understand that if one scanner doesn't locate the infected files you might want to run a different scan. You should make sure your Mac is set to receive these updates automatically by following these steps: In Ventura: Open System Settings. This will scan that drive and disinfect it.
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