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From: gufus on 21 Mar 2010 17:53 From: gufus Subj: Re: bad virusSun, 21 Mar 2010 15:51:38 -0600 From: gufus Subj: Re: bad virusSun, 21 Mar 2010 15:50:34 -0600 From: gufus Subj: Re: bad virusSun, 21 Mar 2010 15:47:13 -0600 From: David H. Lipman---? To: gufus Subj: Re: bad virusSun, 21 Mar 2010 17:24:16 -0400 Hello, David! You wrote on Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:24:16 -0400: DHL> distribution disk will allowyou to remove any/all partitions and DHL> recreate the partitions and perform a FULL Format (rather than a quick DHL> format). I was more instered in a zerofill or wipe app. DHL> If you have Norton or Symantec Ghost, the GDisk & GDisk32 utilities Not happy with Symantec apps. -- With best regards, gufus. E-mail: stop.nospam.gbbsg(a)shaw.ca
From: David H. Lipman on 21 Mar 2010 17:59 From: "gufus" <stop.nospam.gbbsg(a)shaw.ca> | From: gufus | Subj: Re: bad virusSun, 21 Mar 2010 15:51:38 -0600 | From: gufus | Subj: Re: bad virusSun, 21 Mar 2010 15:50:34 -0600 | From: gufus | Subj: Re: bad virusSun, 21 Mar 2010 15:47:13 -0600 | From: David H. Lipman---? To: gufus | Subj: Re: bad virusSun, 21 Mar 2010 17:24:16 -0400 | Hello, David! | You wrote on Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:24:16 -0400: DHL>> distribution disk will allowyou to remove any/all partitions and DHL>> recreate the partitions and perform a FULL Format (rather than a quick DHL>> format). | I was more instered in a zerofill or wipe app. DHL>> If you have Norton or Symantec Ghost, the GDisk & GDisk32 utilities | Not happy with Symantec apps. GDisk isn't an application. It is merely a utility. It is fully DoD sanitiartion compliant. -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp
From: FromTheRafters on 21 Mar 2010 18:03 "Xray" <pl(a)yer.com> wrote in message news:ho5rbd1264e(a)news4.newsguy.com... > "FromTheRafters" <erratic(a)nomail.afraid.org> wrote in > news:ho4tp4$qm5$1 > @news.eternal-september.org: > >> "Xray" <pl(a)yer.com> wrote in message >> news:ho47pf01ar6(a)news3.newsguy.com... >> >>> But I must say, ignoring the warning of anti virus software, >>> disabling it, then clicking on the exe file, crosses the line >>> from risk taking into another realm. >>> >>> Suffice it to say that I won't do that again. >> >> You can also look at it this way. You have a problem with a program >> that >> you downloaded and executed, contact the person that you got the >> program >> from for help. If you cannot contact that person, you shouldn't have >> trusted the file. Continuing to operate in this manner, it is only a >> matter of time before you get something that the AV won't even >> recognize. >> >> Don't beat yourself up over ignoring the AV's warning - beat yourself >> up >> over even allowing your AV to scan that program. > > I can't say I will never download a usenet binary again, lifes too > short to > get all tied up in knots about little things like that. > > Up to date anti virus, heed its warnings, you should be fine 99% of > the time. > > The one caution I may take is not download certain binaries the day > they are > posted, in case it contains new infections not yet in the AV database. That's a good idea, at least a small cooling off period to make the zero day window of opportunity smaller. Let someone else be the canary.
From: FromTheRafters on 21 Mar 2010 18:08 "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins(a)nomail.afraid.org> wrote in message news:op.u9xnaluka3w0dxdave(a)hodgins.homeip.net... > On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:12:10 -0400, Xray <pl(a)yer.com> wrote: > > > Regarding the original problem, with the unreadable dvd, have > you tried polishing it? > http://www.wikihow.com/Fix-a-Scratched-CD > > The scratches on the bottom of the cd/dvd can sometimes be > polished out, allowing the data (on the top layer, usually > protected by the label), to be read. > > I've succeeded polishing an old install cd this way, in the > past. Tried toothpaste? I also have had success with polishing (or radial scratching).
From: gufus on 21 Mar 2010 18:09
From: David H. Lipman---? To: gufus Subj: Re: bad virusSun, 21 Mar 2010 17:59:57 -0400 Hello, David! You wrote on Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:59:57 -0400: DHL> GDisk isn't an application. It is merely a utility. 'k DHL> It is fully DoD sanitiartion compliant. 'k ttul... -- With best regards, gufus. E-mail: stop.nospam.gbbsg(a)shaw.ca |