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Posted by Dave Cohen on January 4, 2006, 11:54 am
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> | An acquaintance let it drop, in passing, that all she does if she
> | thinks she has malware is to do a System Restore. I did not comment at
> | the time. I myself can only describe my set-up as belt and braces as
> | well as a spare belt. I keep up to date with definitions, do a
> | thorough clean every week etc.
> | Anyone any opinion/ideas on her approach?
> | Just how safe is her approach?
> | I ask because we work from time to time on each others PC and exchange
> | work on CDs and DVDs.
> |
> | This is not a disinterested enquiry for the askings sake.
> |
> | Dan.
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> It may or may not work. Yes it will delte EXE files and revert back yto
> an olde Registry
> but some malware may be using other file taype that is not saved in the
> system restore cache
> and will still be present.
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> --
> Dave
> http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
> http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm
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By far the safest scheme is to partition the drive and keep the os and
program files in the main (c) partition and use one or more (usually
extended) partitions for data and everything else.
I use bootitng to manage this, and backup the c partition to one of the
volumes as well as to dvd but not necessarily as frequently. I recently got
image for windows which permits making the image without shutting down the
system.
Taking all the other normal precautions should still be done, but the
ultimate protection against any mishap is a good backup scheme.
Dave Cohen
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