Network security helps protect your workstations from harmful spyware.
Operating system information – Can only be used to help scan hard drives and can be used to identify any malware that might be hiding in the OS.
Virus Database -Looking at the virus database can indicate if you should scan a system. The database can also be used to search for specific threats, so is important to protect them with measures as using a VPN; aif you don’t know how this work, you can find out what is a VPN right here.
Can anything on a system be used to scan a system?
Absolutely!
The ISO Raster Imager (IRI)
The ISO Raster Imager, known as IRI or XRA, is a free utility for doing ISO scanning.
As of today, the beta version of IRI is available for Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Vista. There is an IRI utility that will unpack the Windows Vista installer, but it won’t function.
IRI scans a DVD or USB flash drive and generates a single file in a single scan, without the need to scan every file on the computer. This allows the IRI scanner to produce much larger scans, the output can be shared with other scanners or machine analysis software.
IRI can be downloaded here:
IRI has a demo here:
There is also an IRI scanner for MacOS called IRIP.IRIP is a Mac OS X application that uses the same technique as the software on Windows.
For more information on IRI please see this article: IRI is the Newest Windows ISO Raster Imager Tool
You can use a laser-based (IR-laser) scanner to scan DVDs. The same technique works with hard drives as well, but the technology is pretty new.
Laser scanners are not as advanced as ISO scanners, but they are much more powerful, and it will take a lot less time to scan a USB drive. Additionally, you can scan ISO images with the laser scanner as well.
First, you must have the following items:
All discs/drives in your computer. This includes Blu-ray discs and memory sticks. Place the USB drive into the computer. It does not need to be a flash drive. The drive does not need to be a read only drive. Drive has to be 3.5 or greater in size. If your drive is 4.5, remove the drive and add another one to be sure the drive does not have any fragmentation.
The IRI Tool
The IRI Tool is a utility to make the process of scanning much easier. To find the tool, look in the Programs folder, and use the search box at the top. After the search results come up, use the search bar in the top right corner of the screen to find the IRI Tool.
Click on the icon and then select an ISO image to be scanned. After it finishes scanning, click on the icon again to view the results in the left panel.
With the Scan ISO command, you can set up the IRI Tool to automatically scan an ISO file as it is being burned to a DVD.