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From: FromTheRafters on 24 Nov 2009 19:28 "Beauregard T. Shagnasty" <a.nony.mous(a)example.invalid> wrote in message news:hehph6$6d3$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > FromTheRafters wrote: > >> "Jason" <jasona(a)implode.com> wrote: >>> Runing Windows 7 Ultimate >>> I have a very badly infected pc & I need instructions along with >>> best >>> software(freeware) to completely clean my machine also the url's for >>> the software. Thanks >> >> Wipe the drive, and reinstall the OS from the original installation >> media. >> >> Backup what data you can, and then be careful when bringing it back >> onboard after the "flatten and rebuild" I suggested above. > > ..and then do it again next week when it is re-infected. Keeping > Windows > clean is a full-time job. > > Jason needs to google up: practice safe hex It's the new Windows antimalware paradigm - focusing on clean-up rather than on prevention or avoidance.
From: Dave Cohen on 26 Nov 2009 11:41 Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote: > FromTheRafters wrote: > >> "Jason" <jasona(a)implode.com> wrote: >>> Runing Windows 7 Ultimate >>> I have a very badly infected pc & I need instructions along with best >>> software(freeware) to completely clean my machine also the url's for >>> the software. Thanks >> Wipe the drive, and reinstall the OS from the original installation >> media. >> >> Backup what data you can, and then be careful when bringing it back >> onboard after the "flatten and rebuild" I suggested above. > > ..and then do it again next week when it is re-infected. Keeping Windows > clean is a full-time job. > > Jason needs to google up: practice safe hex > I haven't found this to be so. I do take all the normal precautions and have never been bothered by a virus. I also keep the system fully backed up using a combination of imaging and file backup.
From: FromTheRafters on 26 Nov 2009 12:21 "Dave Cohen" <user(a)example.net> wrote in message news:hemb3k$cvu$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote: >> FromTheRafters wrote: >> >>> "Jason" <jasona(a)implode.com> wrote: >>>> Runing Windows 7 Ultimate >>>> I have a very badly infected pc & I need instructions along with >>>> best >>>> software(freeware) to completely clean my machine also the url's >>>> for >>>> the software. Thanks >>> Wipe the drive, and reinstall the OS from the original installation >>> media. >>> Backup what data you can, and then be careful when bringing it back >>> onboard after the "flatten and rebuild" I suggested above. >> >> ..and then do it again next week when it is re-infected. Keeping >> Windows >> clean is a full-time job. >> >> Jason needs to google up: practice safe hex >> > I haven't found this to be so. I do take all the normal precautions > and have never been bothered by a virus. I also keep the system fully > backed up using a combination of imaging and file backup. I think BTS was alluding to the prevention aspect, which *is* a full time job (and not just for Windows). Just having a set of good recovery plans does not address the malware issue properly - you need preventative measures.
From: David H. Lipman on 26 Nov 2009 12:21 From: "Dave Cohen" <user(a)example.net> | Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote: >> FromTheRafters wrote: >>> "Jason" <jasona(a)implode.com> wrote: >>>> Runing Windows 7 Ultimate >>>> I have a very badly infected pc & I need instructions along with best >>>> software(freeware) to completely clean my machine also the url's for >>>> the software. Thanks >>> Wipe the drive, and reinstall the OS from the original installation >>> media. >>> Backup what data you can, and then be careful when bringing it back >>> onboard after the "flatten and rebuild" I suggested above. >> ..and then do it again next week when it is re-infected. Keeping Windows >> clean is a full-time job. >> Jason needs to google up: practice safe hex | I haven't found this to be so. I do take all the normal precautions and | have never been bothered by a virus. I also keep the system fully backed | up using a combination of imaging and file backup. You said... "I do take all the normal precautions" which means to some degree or another you ARE practicing Safe Hex ! -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp
From: Beauregard T. Shagnasty on 26 Nov 2009 12:22
Dave Cohen wrote: > Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote: >> FromTheRafters wrote: >>> "Jason" <jasona(a)implode.com> wrote: >>>> Runing Windows 7 Ultimate I have a very badly infected pc & I need >>>> instructions along with best software(freeware) to completely >>>> clean my machine also the url's for the software. Thanks >>> >>> Wipe the drive, and reinstall the OS from the original installation >>> media. >>> >>> Backup what data you can, and then be careful when bringing it back >>> onboard after the "flatten and rebuild" I suggested above. >> >> ..and then do it again next week when it is re-infected. Keeping >> Windows clean is a full-time job. >> >> Jason needs to google up: practice safe hex >> > I haven't found this to be so. I do take all the normal precautions ...which to me means you are already practicing safe hex, right? My point of course was, if you (the collective you) do *not*, it's gonna be all bolloxed up again shortly. Friend: "My computer is running really slow." Me: "Is your anti-virus program up-to-date?" Friend: "Uhhh .. no, the license expired last year." Me: "Okay, I'll be over tomorrow to reformat your hard drive." > and have never been bothered by a virus. I also keep the system fully > backed up using a combination of imaging and file backup. Sure, I've never been bothered by one either. I started using Windows with version 2.0 and did so through Windows 2000. Never got XP or any newer. However, all those versions were locked down tight. In 2006, I made the switch. -- -bts -Friends don't let friends drive Windows |