On Fri, 10 Feb 2006, Thane Sherrington (S) wrote:
Man, I'm shocked at the surrender attitude coming from this list. Removing
viruses and spyware is possible, and really isn't much more time consuming
than a reinstall, and is much less time consuming than a reinstall plus
software install plus configuration plus data recovery. (Especially since
data back without virus scan makes the reinstall questionable as viruses can
hide in apparent data files.
I gave the suggestion on how to do it without the reinstall, I'm just
saying from the standpoint of someone who does this for family: You're
going to run into something that you have to research, that research time
takes away from time that could be spent socializing/hanging out.
In a business environment, yeah, removal is fine, but as a favor for
someone, go the full reinstall route IMO, it's more sure thing, less
gambling on how long it's going to take, and you leave knowing they at
least have a backup from that day in case there is a disaster after that.
Plus, you can sit down and watch TV while the thing is running the
reinstall.
Christopher Fisk
--
Hmmm, look at those eyes. He's trying to hypnotize me, but not in the
good Las Vegas way.
-- Homer Simpson, Mountain of Madness
