Using Linux to Disinfect Windows
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From: Shadow on 21 May 2010 15:52 On Fri, 21 May 2010 09:22:44 +0200, Blitz The Dog <i.eat.kATs(a)anytime.82.5.94.219> wrote: >Gordon Darling wrote: > >>http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/using-linux-disinfect-windows >> >>Bear bottoms solution is "Just reformat the hard drive and reinstall >>Windows. Simple. I do it all the time." >> >>This is an easier way. >Did you bother to read that article? It says "if a Windows system file >is infected the computer may not restart anymore". > >Oh dear!................What next? > >Why yes of course ... ... restore the most recent image of your Windows >partition. Job done. Takes about 5 minutes. > >You do take backup images regularly. Right? When I'm using windows, every 5 minutes. The most I lose is 5 minutes work !!!! I follow the "bear-windows-maintenance-tutorial" []'s AFK - backing up my windows system just in case this message is corrupted by a virus.
From: Blitz The Dog on 21 May 2010 22:28 Shadow <Sh(a)dow> wrote: >>Blitz The Dog <i.eat.kATs(a)anytime.82.5.94.219> >>You do take backup images regularly. Right? > > > When I'm using windows, every 5 minutes. The most I lose is 5 >minutes work !!!! > I follow the "bear-windows-maintenance-tutorial" > []'s > AFK - backing up my windows system just in case this message >is corrupted by a virus. A very wise man. Disk imaging is the way to go and it's getting better every day. -Blitz The Dog-
From: Craig on 22 May 2010 04:09 On 05/21/2010 07:28 PM, Blitz The Dog wrote: > Shadow<Sh(a)dow> wrote: > >>> Blitz The Dog<i.eat.kATs(a)anytime.82.5.94.219> >>> You do take backup images regularly. Right? >> >> >> When I'm using windows, every 5 minutes. The most I lose is 5 >> minutes work !!!! >> I follow the "bear-windows-maintenance-tutorial" >> []'s >> AFK - backing up my windows system just in case this message >> is corrupted by a virus. > > > A very wise man. > Disk imaging is the way to go and it's getting better every day. And as long as you're supporting only your boxen, it's reasonable. -- -Craig
From: za kAT on 22 May 2010 05:43 On Sat, 22 May 2010 04:28:13 +0200, Blitz The Dog wrote: > Shadow <Sh(a)dow> wrote: > >>>Blitz The Dog <i.eat.kATs(a)anytime.82.5.94.219> >>>You do take backup images regularly. Right? >> >> >> When I'm using windows, every 5 minutes. The most I lose is 5 >>minutes work !!!! >> I follow the "bear-windows-maintenance-tutorial" >> []'s >> AFK - backing up my windows system just in case this message >>is corrupted by a virus. > > > A very wise man. > Disk imaging is the way to go and it's getting better every day. You still keep spewing the same old half truths, and ill informed generalisations. Relying on just one backup system, especially imaging, is plain stupid. -- zakAT(a)pooh.the.cat - Sergeant Tech-Com, DN38416. Assigned to protect you. You've been targeted for denigration!
From: Shadow on 22 May 2010 07:33
On Sat, 22 May 2010 10:43:05 +0100, za kAT <zakAT(a)super-secret-IPaddress.invalid> wrote: >On Sat, 22 May 2010 04:28:13 +0200, Blitz The Dog wrote: > >> Shadow <Sh(a)dow> wrote: >> >>>>Blitz The Dog <i.eat.kATs(a)anytime.82.5.94.219> >>>>You do take backup images regularly. Right? >>> >>> >>> When I'm using windows, every 5 minutes. The most I lose is 5 >>>minutes work !!!! >>> I follow the "bear-windows-maintenance-tutorial" >>> []'s >>> AFK - backing up my windows system just in case this message >>>is corrupted by a virus. >> >> >> A very wise man. >> Disk imaging is the way to go and it's getting better every day. > >You still keep spewing the same old half truths, and ill informed >generalisations. > >Relying on just one backup system, especially imaging, is plain stupid. I'm not stupid. I don't rely on any automatic system (might get corrupted by virus). I do a MANUAL backup to a hard drive, remove it physically , and THEN ---- bear-windows-backup-stage2 ---- I do an image to DVD. That's why I was AFK above, running a CRC test on my system file-backup, and comparing the fingerprints to my image.Takes a while. Sorry I took so long to respond, I was reinstalling windows. The CRC's didn't match. Fourth time this week. []'s |