Create a rescue USB with Avast’s Bootable Antivirus

Nowadays, the phenomenon of getting viruses and malicious code on Windows is more and more complicated. Surely among you who use computers that have been infected with viruses/malware leading to lag, damage, not being able to access windows, etc. And you will all find a solution that is to type Google about the phenomenon that the machine encounters or installs. Antivirus software to enter and scan. There are some Viruses that can disable anti-virus software on Windows, or if you install antivirus while you have a virus, it will prevent you from doing that and you can’t kill it, the only way is to remove the Virus in the environment. Safe Mode or DOS field. Today AnonyViet will guide you to create a Bootable Antivirus rescue USB with Avast.

What does Bootable Antivirus mean?

As you know every virus, malware… needs to run in the operating system environment to be able to work. And Bootable Antivirus will scan and catch malware and viruses without having to access the operating system. It is also known as the Rescue Disk.

In it, anti-virus software is packaged in a bootable USB drive and then a virus scan is performed. With USB Bootable Antivirus, you can scan your hard drive and remove hard-to-remove malware like Rootkits, which automatically load at operating system startup. Since Bootable Antivirus doesn’t require Windows to start, Rootkits won’t work either.

Create Bootable Antivirus

Coming to the main part, I will guide you to create USB.

First you need Download Avast Antivirus back from home page

Next, you install and open it -> select Tab Protect(Protection) -> then select scan virus (Virus Scans).

Next, pay attention to the line on the right hand side Drive Rescue ( Rescue Disk) Please click on it and select it.

Next, you plug in your USB -> and select Create USB (Create USB) in place Drive Rescue ( Rescue Disk)

Choose your USB stick.

And the Drive Rescue ( Rescue Disk) redang is created. It may take a while for it to complete.

When the USB is created to 100%, click OK to finish

So we have created a rescue USB using Avast’s Bootable Antivirus.

How to Use a Rescue USB with Avast .’s Bootable Antivirus

Step 1: Turn off the computer that is infected with the virus

Step 2: Plug Avast’s Bootable Antivirus usb into the USB port.

Step 3: You turn on the device and press the F2 or Del, F11 buttons Boot Menu depending on your computer (you can google to find out which button is your computer).

Step 4: When the Boot Menu appears, you can choose as below if your computer has one. If not, for example, I’ll simply press F2 when entering the Boot Menu, a list of plugged-in devices will appear and you just need to scroll down to the USB name and press enter to access it.

Step 5: Press any key on the keyboard to start the anti-virus function

Scan virus

Step 1: You will have to choose 2 options:

• Scan the entire drive
• Or scan the selected folder/drive

Then press Scan

Step 2: After scan When done, it will show you the results and delete the infected files.

Summary

Hopefully through this article you can create your own rescue USB. But do not overdo it because not all viruses can be destroyed.