[ale] Virus Removal

[Chris Fowler]

Did you use any special boot options?  Booting is intermittent.
Sometimes it stops at "USB Mass Storage support registered"


On Fri, 2009-11-27 at 09:48 -0500, Nicholas Wilson wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-11-27 at 06:40 -0500, Chris Fowler wrote:
> > For those that have been following the sales, SAM's Club has an Acer
> > Netbook for $199.  I bought one but must warn you that I found a virus
> > on it.
> > 
> > Seems to be the WindowsXP virus.  Nasty booger. What Ubuntu distribution
> > is made for this unit and will assist in removing this horrendous virus?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Chris
> 
> I just bought one of them myself from Target (same price) and Ubuntu
> 9.10 Netbook Remix has the virus off for now until archlinux can settle
> in. Everything works out of the box except the integrated mic, which I
> haven't spent the time yet to figure out. I am loving the slick
> interface canonical put together for these smaller screens.
> 
> 
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