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In order to remove exectued malware, reinstall your operating system Thor Kottelin 06-20-2008
Posted by David H. Lipman on June 26, 2008, 6:26 pm
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| Thank you for your reply, David. As I said earlier ...................

| "I read the Major Geeks thread '-jen' posted with interest. Perhaps the most
| pertinent point, IMO, made by the 'helper' - Chaslang' - was:-

< snip >


Please do NOT hijack someone else's thread.
Jen did not reply to this thread.

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp



Posted by ~BD~ on June 28, 2008, 10:44 am
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>
> Please do NOT hijack someone else's thread.
> Jen did not reply to this thread.
>
> --
> Dave
> http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
> Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp
>

Point taken. Sorry. Please answer my questions though. I reiterate:-

Do you, personally, feel it unecessary to delete ones partitioning on a
single HD (thus
losing all data) before re-partitioning, formating and then reinstalling
from scratch?

Perhaps malware can remain resident in other areas inside a computer, not
just on the HD.

Is this possible? If so, where else could it hide ........ and for how long
after power curtailed?

Dave





Posted by David H. Lipman on June 28, 2008, 11:47 am
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< snip >

| Point taken. Sorry. Please answer my questions though. I reiterate:-

| Do you, personally, feel it unecessary to delete ones partitioning on a
| single HD (thus
| losing all data) before re-partitioning, formating and then reinstalling
| from scratch?

| Perhaps malware can remain resident in other areas inside a computer, not
| just on the HD.

| Is this possible? If so, where else could it hide ........ and for how long
| after power curtailed?

| Dave


Create your own thread, fully explain your POV with supporting evidence and
we'll see
where it takes us.

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp



Posted by FromTheRafters on June 21, 2008, 5:28 pm
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> On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 06:37:06 -0400, "David H. Lipman"
>
>>Yes. Everyone should wield a sledge hammer at all flies and one size fits
>>all.
>
> Well, if you don't know about the damage, better use a big tool.
>
> See, unless you have a baseline and can revert to a known clean state
> that way this is the only reasonable solution. There is NO other way
> to make sure you made a full clean.
>
> I know that what you normally promote is much more convenient - but
> this is about security, not about luck and good feelings. I'm afraid
> you don't understand the nature of modern malware.

Sorry - but that deserves a LOL - ...and I seldom LOL.


Posted by Root Kit on June 24, 2008, 7:29 am
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On Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:28:07 -0400, "FromTheRafters"

>
>> On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 06:37:06 -0400, "David H. Lipman"
>>
>>>Yes. Everyone should wield a sledge hammer at all flies and one size fits
>>>all.
>>
>> Well, if you don't know about the damage, better use a big tool.
>>
>> See, unless you have a baseline and can revert to a known clean state
>> that way this is the only reasonable solution. There is NO other way
>> to make sure you made a full clean.
>>
>> I know that what you normally promote is much more convenient - but
>> this is about security, not about luck and good feelings. I'm afraid
>> you don't understand the nature of modern malware.
>
>Sorry - but that deserves a LOL - .

Yes. The idea of malware "removal" for average users is quite
laughable.

>..and I seldom LOL.

There's always room for improvement.

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