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March 12, 2019 at 7:04 am #19347
Anonymous

    Please don’t get me wrong, I’m just counting 2 + 2 together …

    So, I have an old computer, completely riddled with viruses.

    I’m a complete linux noob.

    1. Try something user friendly, that ‘just works’. Vanilla Ubuntu.

    Ubuntu 14.04.6 LTS (Trusty Tahr) or Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

    2. Use free and user friendly Rescue DVD, which was meant to be used by ‘linux noobs’ and for rescuing Windows.

    COMPUTER BILD-Notfall-DVD Free

    3. If you don’t mind that it’s not completely free (you need to buy 1 issue of a magazine with a DVD supplement), use professional rescue media with ‘linux noobs’ in mind (but suitable for experts too), with 4x 1-year licenses for 4 AV-Programs included and a bunch of tools for any needed repair.

    Desinfec’t 2018

    Going to IT specialist around the corner might be a better idea in that case. ????

    If all that doesn’t help, going to some IT specialist around the corner might still be the best idea.

    Rescuing something “completely riddled with viruses” is more then a simple “recover some data off of it” since the recovered files themselves already pose the danger for a fresh install.

    Edit:
    It might be that 2. & 3. come with German as default setting, but it can be changed to English almost for sure.