mikex Posted March 11, 2005 Report Share Posted March 11, 2005 Hey folks, I have been wondering...(I know it's dangerous) can 1) spybot2) adaware3) hjt4) AVGrun from a jump drive/thumb drive??M Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bearskin Posted March 12, 2005 Report Share Posted March 12, 2005 I'm pretty sure that Spybot, Ad Aware, Avg can if it's installed to that drive...not so sure about HJT. I'm sure you can install the first 3 to any drive but not HJT. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CurlingSteve Posted March 12, 2005 Report Share Posted March 12, 2005 (edited) I'm pretty sure that Spybot, Ad Aware, Avg can if it's installed to that drive...not so sure about HJT. I'm sure you can install the first 3 to any drive but not HJT.I'd have thought exactly the opposite, that HJT would be fine from a thumb drive, but the other 3 wouldn't be.Spybot, AdAware, and AVG rely on Registry entries and have an install cycle.HJT runs as one package, with no installation required.The only caveat I've seen with HJT is not to run it from a temp file.----------------Oops! There are HJT Registry entries too, but they seem involed with uninstall only.It would be an interesting experiment to try them from a thumb drive. Edited March 12, 2005 by CurlingSteve Quote Link to post Share on other sites
murtu52 Posted March 12, 2005 Report Share Posted March 12, 2005 I'm pretty sure that Spybot, Ad Aware, Avg can if it's installed to that drive...not so sure about HJT. I'm sure you can install the first 3 to any drive but not HJT.I'd have thought exactly the opposite, that HJT would be fine from a thumb drive, but the other 3 wouldn't be.Spybot, AdAware, and AVG rely on Registry entries and have an install cycle.HJT runs as one package, with no installation required.The only caveat I've seen with HJT is not to run it from a temp file.----------------Oops! There are HJT Registry entries too, but they seem involed with uninstall only.It would be an interesting experiment to try them from a thumb drive. i agree....i thought this too. However, what makes me think that HJT wouldn't run off a jumpdrive is that it is affecting files and registry keys on the computer. That could create some problems, but i don't know...i better try this out.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mikex Posted March 13, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2005 SO far so good.AVG can only be installed on local drives.Will try avast free and A2.M Quote Link to post Share on other sites
robroy Posted March 14, 2005 Report Share Posted March 14, 2005 Haven't installed them on my thumbdrive but I do have them on there so I can install on a comp as needed Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mikex Posted March 14, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2005 robthis started out like that. install from thumbdrive. some machines were unable to connect to the net for updates. why not install and keep updated on thumbdrive? so far I have:HJTAdawareSpybotJV16 Power toolsall seem to work fine. some make backup files or log files. I just delete these asa needed.M Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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