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Posted by Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers on December 19, 2007, 8:49 am
If you were Registered and logged in, you could reply and use other advanced thread options > 18 December 2007 13:52 Chilly8 broadcast thus:
>> The only foolpoof way to get rid of malware
>> is to wipe out and reinstall Windows.
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Always a good opportunity to change OSs - *BSD, Linux, Solaris, jeez..
> Z/OS if u want...:) anything but Windows if at all possible. There are
> *so* many ways of getting Win apps to run on *nix and that
> requirements' disapperating these days because of quality opensource
> alternatives. And you have a far superior, more secure networking
> setup, and people on security ng's don't make fun of your box ;-)
>
> I know malware, worms, viruses exist on every platform, but it's not
> like 100s of threads on Usenet are discussing reinstalling *nix boxes
> because of some shady little spyware.
Unless you are able to find out exactly how and when your system was
compromised and what was altered after the compromisation, the only
reliable way of going back to a known-good state is reinstalling. This
is entirely independent of the operating system.
cu
59cobalt
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"Using open source products doesn't magically make you invulnerable to
security problems like those that plague Microsoft."
--Marc Slemko on bugtraq
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