Hi , I found a Lite Windows 10 online, but im not sure if its safe to use it, i scanned it with antivirus , malewarebytes but it does not scan inside the install.esd, so i might need help for this ? or meaby answer is that by putting something inside install.esd windows wont boot ??
Put it simply,you can't unless you are a security expert & even then there is no 100% guarantee. It is better to stick to original iso & then learn to modify it.It sure is longer but much safer method.There are a lots of guides here to do this.
If u gonna extract the files to vhd u wont be able to check the reg hives for virus so the best is to use hyper-v or vmware and check it online but its just about trust at the end cos viruses are changing rapidly
and superantispyware and with sfc to check the integrity of the os files ( need to check the logs to see which files has been changed like theme related files should be ok )
To add to what others have said here 7Zip can open .wim and .esd files so you can explore the file without having to install it to a VM.
well, i did a a virus scan : hers what i got Kaspersky Internet Security --- clean AVG --- CLEAN Malewarebytes - -- found 3 low risk file types superantispyware -- fouund 1 tracking cookie . So ?
^^ Guy is not much easier you get your official ISO's here than catch homebrew out there and then stay looking for virus...
the version i found is extremely lite, and stable, offical ISO is s**t, and even debloaded with Toolkit still dont do the job :/
Hi brother just out of curiosity, you can send me the link where you discovered this ISO via PM thanks
Unofficial home brew ISO and you are basically on your own on this one. There is no formal obligation to give you help on this matter, if you think the official ISO's is too bloated and it can't be fixed with solutions already presented here at the forums then it's not our problem what you do next. I wouldn't trust anyone with their shady home brew ISO's even if my life depended on it. The fact that people is desperate enough for these kind of ISO's is horrifying on it's own, you do realize you put other people on jeopardy with those infected nasties?
A virus scan will only find known threats. A homebrew ISO may have a homebrew virus/keylogger that isn't detected. They may simply have been doing a service to those too lazy to slim it down themselves, but you can't tell that for sure unless you are willing to go through million of files individually and have a personal contact in Microsoft to make sure each file hash matches theirs, and a complete list of files that should or shouldn't be there for a given build of Windows. It's not worth it. I personally despise the whole concept of Store/Modern Apps/Edge/Cortana on a desktop OS and that is the extent of what I remove, it's more of a "I know better than you" middle finger annoyances from Microsoft and I don't do it for hardware performance. It's a phase.. you'll get through it. If your laptop came with Windows 7 then keep Windows 7.