As long as there are operating systems that allow people to run applications as ring 0 there will always be social engineering tricks to get a system so messed up re-imaging will be necessary.
Supposedly the next version of MS will not allow anymore ring 0 apps unless certified by MS. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thane Sherrington (S) Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 12:31 PM To: The Hardware List Subject: RE: [H] Microsoft Says Recovery from Malware Becoming Impossible At 03:04 PM 05/04/2006, Mesdaq, Ali wrote: >Exactly what we were debating a few weeks ago. Where are those "I can >clean any infection" guys at now? I'm still not convinced that the only response to any infection is a total reinstall. But I haven't read the article completely yet, so perhaps I'll come around. But if MS is right, then it's time for everyone, and I mean everyone, to abandon ship and switch to Apple or *nix now because if the maker of the product says it's unsafe and unfixable, then we are nuts to be using it. T
