How to take ClamWin Free Antivirus with you on a USB pen drive, CD or DVD

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You can take ClamWin Free Antivirus with you on a USB pen drive, CD or DVD

1. Install ClamWin on a host PC with Windows XP or higher
2. Copy all the files from “c:\program files\clamwin” to a “clamwin” folder on a removable drive. unins000.exe and unins000.dat files are not needed
3. Copy the following files:
   • Microsoft.VC80.CRT.manifest
   • msvcm80.dll
   • msvcm80.dll
   • msvcr80.dll

   from “c:\program files\clamwin\bin\Microsoft.VC80.CRT” to the “clamwin\bin” folder on your removable drive.

4. Copy this ClamWin.conf (right-click to Save) file to “clamwin\bin” folder on the removable drive (note Standalone=1 setting)
5. Create the folowing foldres on the removable drive:
   • “clamwin\log”
   • “clamwin\db”
   • “clamwin\quarantine”

    

6. Copy the database files (main.cvd and daily.cvd) from your database directory on the host PC (default location is “C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\.clamwin\db”) to the “clamwin\db” folder on the removable drive.
7. That’s it, you can now run clamwin.exe from clamwin folder on your removable drive.

Notes:

• It may take a while to load ClamWin.exe depending on the removable drive speed
• If you use ClamWin Free Antivirus on a read-only drive (CD or DVD) your need to burn the latest database before use and won’t be able to change preferences.

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