[BC] Russian spy software

[Craig Healy]

> Here is some info about a new phishing scam...
> Yesterday I got an Email, supposedly from Verizon,
> to download and install their "security suite."

I've been doing some further work with the Knoppix boot CD.  I built a small
server and also used it to read/recover data from a couple of hard drives
that Windows couldn't recognize, not could a USB external drive housing.

There's a fairly simple looking process to put the CD into an infected
computer, boot it, and then install and update F-Prot AV software.  Then it
will scan the selected drive.  I use V5.1.1 of Knoppix and it will write to
NTFS partitions, so it can also delete infected files.  Just have to set the
drive to read/write within Knoppix.  Easy.

Next time I run into something that's trashed the installed AV software,
it'll be first try.  According to some Google searches, it ought to work
well.

Craig Healy
Providence, RI