Hello. I've recently learned about the CrowdStrike issue with certain Windows PC's.
I've also recently learned how to build a Debian live-build from scratch. Due to the many
many computers effected by this outage, I've created a live-image containing a simple
bash script that will run and clear out the troublesome file. This live-image is usable on
x86 and x64 machines, and has packages to handle Bitlocker encrypted drives (as well as ntfs).
The goal of this tool is to help IT administrators and techs handle the problem and get their
people up and running faster.
This was a weekend project, and it has had very limited testing. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.
After the script runs, you can either reboot the machine and (hopefully) be restored to function
or select the option to drop into a shell on the live-image and have a look around.
The disk image is 276M, which is not super small, but hopefully small enough to distribute
relatively pain free.
This software is provided without cost, and without warranty, implied or otherwise.
Before deploying on a large scale, please test in your environment and confirm that it works as
expected.
To report bugs, please send a message to crowdstrikefix@gmail.com
Cheers, and hopefully less stressfull days ahead