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From: Roy on 15 Feb 2010 16:57
On Feb 16, 2:20 am, "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABear...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Al

Thanks for all the comments...

I have asked him (by email) recently where did he buy it and indeed
it was from the lot of computers in the internet cafe that closed
down as the owner relocated and changed business and it was bought
at a bargain knowing that the PC is a high performance type already
core2 duo extreme with 1 gig of dedicated graphics card.
When he started using it after bringing it to his home
He tried to instal antivirus in it( avira 9 free edition) made a
thorough scan and found a few minor malware that was then removed so
he think it was clean.
Therefore he was pleased with it and did not format it anymore as it
too much work for him going from the scratch and he has no time to
spare for it now.
He was thinking that there might be is something to do with the
administrative settings , or registry that makes the PC run that
way so it will prevent any malware that might have infected the PC
from taking a firm hold.
I think this is the way he want it sorted, minimum effort from his
part ......
Any ideas....?
Roy


From: PA Bear [MS MVP] on 15 Feb 2010 17:50
The security of the computer (and his data, including online banking
usernames & passwords) cannot be guaranteed unless he formats the HDD and
does a clean install of Windows.


Roy wrote:
> On Feb 16, 2:20 am, "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABear...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Al
>
> Thanks for all the comments...
>
> I have asked him (by email) recently where did he buy it and indeed
> it was from the lot of computers in the internet cafe that closed
> down as the owner relocated and changed business and it was bought
> at a bargain knowing that the PC is a high performance type already
> core2 duo extreme with 1 gig of dedicated graphics card.
> When he started using it after bringing it to his home
> He tried to instal antivirus in it( avira 9 free edition) made a
> thorough scan and found a few minor malware that was then removed so
> he think it was clean.
> Therefore he was pleased with it and did not format it anymore as it
> too much work for him going from the scratch and he has no time to
> spare for it now.
> He was thinking that there might be is something to do with the
> administrative settings , or registry that makes the PC run that
> way so it will prevent any malware that might have infected the PC
> from taking a firm hold.
> I think this is the way he want it sorted, minimum effort from his
> part ......
> Any ideas....?
> Roy

From: Roy on 16 Feb 2010 03:15
On Feb 16, 6:50 am, "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABear...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> The security of the computer (and his data, including online banking
> usernames & passwords) cannot be guaranteed unless he formats the HDD and
> does a clean install of Windows.
>
>
> - Show quoted text -

Hmm I relayed it to him, and acording to him at the moment that
was not his real concern as he conduct internet banking with his
favorite laptop. BTW He is aware of the perils you mentioned.
This desktop is just for gaming, video encoding and general internet
surfing, etc
He insisted there is nothing wrong with that PC (except for that fault
enumerated above ) that it needs formating and something like that...
Just want a simple solution with minimal effort..from his side . if
that can be possible.

Roy

From: PA Bear [MS MVP] on 16 Feb 2010 09:47
Also tell him that the computer's a thread to the entire online community
and to run a Google search on the word 'botnet.'

Roy wrote:
> On Feb 16, 6:50 am, "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABear...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>> The security of the computer (and his data, including online banking
>> usernames & passwords) cannot be guaranteed unless he formats the HDD and
>> does a clean install of Windows.
>>
> Hmm I relayed it to him, and acording to him at the moment that
> was not his real concern as he conduct internet banking with his
> favorite laptop. BTW He is aware of the perils you mentioned.
> This desktop is just for gaming, video encoding and general internet
> surfing, etc
> He insisted there is nothing wrong with that PC (except for that fault
> enumerated above ) that it needs formating and something like that...
> Just want a simple solution with minimal effort..from his side . if
> that can be possible.
>
> Roy

From: Roy on 16 Feb 2010 10:55
On Feb 16, 10:47 pm, "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABear...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Also tell him that the computer's a thread to the entire online community
> and to run a Google search on the word 'botnet.'
>
>
>
> Roy wrote:
> > On Feb 16, 6:50 am, "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABear...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >> The security of the computer (and his data, including online banking
> >> usernames & passwords) cannot be guaranteed unless he formats the HDD and
> >> does a clean install of Windows.
>
> > Hmm I relayed it to  him,   and  acording to him at the moment that
> > was not his real concern as he conduct internet banking with his
> > favorite laptop. BTW  He is aware of  the perils you mentioned.
> > This desktop is just for gaming, video encoding and general  internet
> > surfing, etc
> > He insisted there is nothing wrong with that PC (except for that fault
> > enumerated above ) that it needs formating and something like that...
> > Just want a simple solution with minimal effort..from his side . if
> > that can be possible.
>
> > Roy- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Hmm so it implies that there is no simple solution to this problem?
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