While it might appear all is fine it might not be. You are the best judge of the integrity of your network. I would be concerned about "routinely" having to fix these problems. I'll act on the advice of security experts and do my best to insure any virus whether seemingly harmless to very destructive is not an unknown factor in any of the often strange quirks in Windows world. After an infection a reformat or image recovery gives me this peace of mind. Andre ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jackie McBride" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 27, 2010 6:16 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] removing a virus
I routinely fix these sorts of problems by taking the drive out of the computer, hooking it up to an external device, & then putting it on another computer & running malware scans. I very very seldom have to reformat an OS. Sometimes I do it in Linux, sometimes in Windows. Generally I disconnect the machine from the network. It's also a "fix it" drive w/nothing important in the event it becomes infected, but I've never had that happen, either. On 12/27/10, Andre Williams <[email protected]> wrote: > Yep, I'm right there with you 100%! > Andre > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Don Marang" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, December 27, 2010 4:28 PM > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] removing a virus > > > I agree with Andre completely! Reformatting the hard disk and > reinstalling > the Operating System or recovering from a known good disk image is the > only > way to be sure the malware is removed. Anything short of that will likely > have a small remnant left over that will infect the whole computer again > or > will damage necessary system files in the process. > > Most likely, your computer will run faster anyway, since Windows really > needs to be reinstalled about once a year just to clean out the clutter > and > the registry. > > Don Marang > > There is just so much stuff in the world that, to me, is devoid of any > real > substance, value, and content that I just try to make sure that I am > working > on things that matter. > Dean Kamen > > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Andre Williams" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, December 27, 2010 6:34 PM > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] removing a virus > >> Tell him to reformat and reinstall the operating system. With viruses now >> a >> days you can never be sure if they're cleaned off completely In the hours >> and possibly days he's going to spend trying to figure this out and >> trying >> to clean his computer he can save himself the time and trouble and >> reformat >> and reload windows in about 2 hours. This happened to me sometime back >> and >> from the time I realized I had a virus placing 300 items on my system >> tray >> until the time I reinstalled and image of my hard drive it must have been >> an >> hour. Image for Windows to the rescue! He also poses a danger to other >> computers on the network at his job. >> Andre >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Lenny McHugh" <[email protected]> >> To: "blind computing" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, December 27, 2010 3:23 PM >> Subject: [Blind-Computing] removing a virus >> >> >> I am trying to help a friend remove a virus from his work computer. Avg >> did >> identify it and reported that it could not be removed because it was in >> memory. He did not write the name down but it is in win32. The computer >> can >> only be started in safe mode and if he lets it run it gives a message >> that >> chkdsk should be run with the f switch. That also will not run when the >> machine is restarted. He turn system restore off and ran avg and it did >> not >> help. >> He is using xp professional. He also ran kapersky and it did not help. >> Any >> quick suggestions? >> Thanks >> --- >> Please visit my home page, it is motivational, educational, inspirational >> with a touch of humor. There is also a very extensive resource list for >> the >> blind. >> http://www.LennyMcHugh.com >> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >> >> >> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >> > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > -- Change the world--1 deed at a time Jackie McBride Scripting Classes: http://jawsscripting.lonsdalemedia.org homePage: www.abletec.serverheaven.net For technophobes: www.technophoeb.com For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
