+1. You can't promise a machine is clean unless you nuke and pave. If the machine is just a toy, OK clean it, but if used for finance/taxes/shopping/etc., don't take the chance.
Carl From: Jonathan Link [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 10:13 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows 7 question Perhaps... I don't use SpyBot anymore, so I can't comment about Win7 compatibilities, since Vista had UAC, I'd imagine that it would work that way, but I've seen more trouble with apps that worked under Vista not working under Win7, than apps working on XP not working on Win7. In general, when working with an unknown system, nuking and repaving is much faster than trying to clean out malware and then being unsure that you got it all. Is it a pain? Sure, but so is being without a computer for several hours/days and then having a nagging feeling at the back of my mind that I'm giving them a less than optimal system. Also, garage clients and friends get the, don't run as admin speech and if I nuke and repave, they get two different accounts... On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 9:42 AM, John Aldrich <[email protected]> wrote: Hmm... even though I started SpyBot as an Admin? I never got prompted for permissions to modify a system file like I would have expected. I'll try temporarily disabling UAC when I get home and see if SpyBot will update the hosts file. -----Original Message----- From: Sean Rector [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 9:11 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 question UAC Sean Rector, MCSE -----Original Message----- From: John Aldrich [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 8:57 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Windows 7 question Quick question -- is there something in Windows 7 that would prevent SpyBot from writing to the Hosts file? I cleaned my brother-in-law's laptop and tried to add the SpyBot Hosts file, but was unable to do so from within SpyBot. Eventually I just put the Hosts file from my wife's XP box on a flash drive and copied it over, but I am trying to get ready for Windows 7 here in the office and thought I'd ask. I *did*, at least, know enough to try running SpyBot as an admin, but that still didn't allow me to add the Hosts file. :( I'm suspicious, especially after reading a thread on the SpyBot S&D forums, that there may still be a trace of what was infecting his computer lingering around. I've already run VipreRescue and MalwareBytes, but wanted to add the SpyBot Hosts file as an added precaution. Thanks.... ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
