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Article #242Re: Win32/RAMNIT.A Anyone?
From: John Navas
Date: Mon, 09 Aug 2010 22:42
Date: Mon, 09 Aug 2010 22:42
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On Mon, 9 Aug 2010 17:26:47 -0400, in <i3ptfm01lcf@news6.newsguy.com>, "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote: >From: "John Navas" <spamfilter1@navasgroup.com> > >| What I do with this class of virus: >| 1. Turn off System Restore and delete all restore points. >| 2. Note the names and locations of infected files. >| 3. Boot from something like Ultimate Boot CD >| <http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/>, and delete the infections. >| Turn System Restore back on when disinfected. > >John, the fisrt time I have seen you post here :-) > >Actually, not a good idea as if you are dealing with a file infecting virus then you will >have *numerous* legiimate files being deleted and thus a corrupted OS that is no longer >bootable. > >Either you use an anti virus and "clean" the infected files or, wipe and >reinstall/re-image. I was specifically referring to virus files that are _not_ part of necessary executables. When necessary parts of the OS are infected, then I restore them from backup, which I think it preferable to trying to disinfect them, all too often an imperfect process. -- John "Assumption is the mother of all screw ups." [Wethern๏ฟฝs Law of Suspended Judgement]
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