OT (sort-of): Linux used to virus-check Windoze computers?(wasRe: LiveCD list)

[Jonathan Hutchins]

On Tuesday February 24 2004 11:18 pm, kurt at verruckt.org wrote:

> I clean up peoples pc's as sort of a side business once in a while. I use
> all of those apps, but also the demo version of AATools by Glocksoft. It
> has one of the best registry cleaners i have ever used. As a matter of
> fact, i have NEVER had a problem with it when cleaning the registry. I have
> though, with some others. If you've never tried it, you might give it a
> shot. Its got alot of other tools in it as well, but the registry cleaner
> is top notch i think.

How is it different from Microsoft's own RegClean?  Where do you get it?  I 
assume, this being a Linux list, it's open source?