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From: FromTheRafters on 13 Mar 2010 06:35 Some malware does known and reversible things, no need to wipe and reinstall. Other malware introduces unknowns, necessitating that drastic step. "The Central Scrutinizer" <gcisko(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:hnfdab$8r5$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... > In general, if the virus or malware compromises the system areas, it > is a wipe > and reinstall. I do not care what you experts say. You cannot be 100% > certain > you know everything the virus did via the compromise. > > "Dustin Cook" <bughunter.dustin(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > news:Xns9D392CA606FAAHHI2948AJD832(a)69.16.185.250... >> "The Central Scrutinizer" <gcisko(a)hotmail.com> wrote in >>> If definitions exist to deal with the virus/malware you should be >>> OK. >> >> Depends. The definitions may support the detection of the virus, but >> offer no antidote. Most malware OTH are glorified trojans so deleting >> them and reversing any unwanted changes they made in the registry >> will >> usually remove them without unwanted sideffects. The same cannot be >> said >> for an actual virus. > >
From: The Central Scrutinizer on 13 Mar 2010 13:07 Would you happen to have a magic decoder ring that will tell us all which one is which? "FromTheRafters" <erratic(a)nomail.afraid.org> wrote in message news:hnft9r$2tl$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > Some malware does known and reversible things, no need to wipe and > reinstall. > > Other malware introduces unknowns, necessitating that drastic step. >
From: FromTheRafters on 13 Mar 2010 17:23 Yes! "The Central Scrutinizer" <gcisko(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:hngk9u$ccu$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... > Would you happen to have a magic decoder ring that will tell us all > which one is which? > > "FromTheRafters" <erratic(a)nomail.afraid.org> wrote in message > news:hnft9r$2tl$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> Some malware does known and reversible things, no need to wipe and >> reinstall. >> >> Other malware introduces unknowns, necessitating that drastic step. >> > >
From: David H. Lipman on 13 Mar 2010 20:10 From: "The Central Scrutinizer" <gcisko(a)hotmail.com> | Would you happen to have a magic decoder ring that will tell us all | which one is which? Which of the 100's of thousands ? -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp
From: FromTheRafters on 13 Mar 2010 22:22
"The Central Scrutinizer" <gcisko(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:hnhipj$v3u$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... > Yes "Which of the 100's of thousands ?" is the exact > problem. How is the normal person supposed to know > when you are OK doing the manual knife and scalpel > fix versus reimage? I'm with you there... What people should do is have a recent good image there, so as to make a reimaging task the easiest route as well as the one that gives the most confidence in return. Otherwise, it is often easier to recover than it is to restore. |