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Scanning in safe mode? TWIST 01-12-2006
Posted by TWIST on January 12, 2006, 6:40 am
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Could someone please remind my why it is better to scan in
safe mode? And also is it an advantage to turn of system restore
temporarily?

Thanx in advance.




Posted by Befunge Sudoku on January 12, 2006, 6:53 am
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TWIST@cable.net says...
> Could someone please remind my why it is better to scan in
> safe mode?

Fewer items get loaded. Typically, the stuff you're trying to
find doesn't get loaded and so can't stealth itself or re-
install itself from memory every time you delete it.



And also is it an advantage to turn of system restore
> temporarily?

It'll speed up the scan as there'll be less to do. But turning
it off loses all restore points, and maybe you might need/want
one.
--
Even a biologist can do physics,
if you teach them to think about
electrons as tiny animals.

Posted by TWIST on January 12, 2006, 7:42 am
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> TWIST@cable.net says...
>> Could someone please remind my why it is better to scan in
>> safe mode?
>
> Fewer items get loaded. Typically, the stuff you're trying to
> find doesn't get loaded and so can't stealth itself or re-
> install itself from memory every time you delete it.
>
>
>
> And also is it an advantage to turn of system restore
>> temporarily?
>
> It'll speed up the scan as there'll be less to do. But turning
> it off loses all restore points, and maybe you might need/want
> one.
I understood if you turn off system restore it will flush out any nasties!



Posted by Befunge Sudoku on January 12, 2006, 8:00 am
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TWIST@cable.net says...
> > And also is it an advantage to turn of system restore
> >> temporarily?
> >
> > It'll speed up the scan as there'll be less to do. But turning
> > it off loses all restore points, and maybe you might need/want
> > one.
> I understood if you turn off system restore it will flush out any nasties!

And everything else...
It'll get rid of anything bad in there, sure.
A full scan in Safe Mode should clean anything it finds in the
restore points anyway.

If you feel OK about throwing away all your restore points, why
did you ever have it switched on in the first place?

--
Even a biologist can do physics,
if you teach them to think about
electrons as tiny animals.

Posted by Art on January 12, 2006, 8:04 am
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>I understood if you turn off system restore it will flush out any nasties!

System Restore is a form of backup. If you happen to know when you
took a malware hit, and you have a Restore point prior to that, then
you can use Restore to get rid of the malware.

The problem is that users usually have no idea of when they took a
malware hit, and their Restore points are often infested. That's why
flushing System Restore is usually suggested _after_ cleaning up the
malware.

Art

http://home.epix.net/~artnpeg


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