One word. Nuke and repave.
On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 4:09 PM, David <[email protected]> wrote: > Could it be suffering from a leftover policy or something from the office > setting? I've seen corporate policies be a problem of that nature. I've > always preferred to wipe/reload a used PC in your situation. > > David > > > On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 12:55 PM, John Aldrich < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> A user brought a used laptop they had gotten that was used in an office >> setting. To be on the safe side, I thought I’d install MalwareBytes and run >> a scan. Unfortunately, when I tried to do that, XP (the laptop is running XP >> Pro) barfed on a MalwareBytes DLL file. Any idea what could be the problem? >> It’s got Avast! antivirus on it, but even disabling the “real-time” >> protection, it won’t let me install MalwareBytes. L >> >> >> >> I am in the middle of downloading Vipre Rescue to be on the safe side, but >> I thought I’d ask in here and see if anyone has seen this behavior before. >> >> >> >> The laptop is an IBM Thinkpad T20m originally licensed for Win98. Sometime >> before I saw it, it was upgraded to XP Pro. >> >> >> >> [image: John-Aldrich][image: Tile-Tools] >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > David > > _____________________ > > > Bitterly clinging to guns and religion > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
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