~BD~ wrote:
> Mike Easter wrote:

>> http://www.techspot.com/vb/menu28.html Virus and Malware Removal

> I've bookmarked 'techspot' for future exploration.

There are a number of similar sites, but I think that one does a good
job of vetting its helpers and keeping a fairly rigorous structure to
their strategy and requirements for the participation of the affected user.

> Although I have purchased Acronis True image (and have used it) I'm not
> 100% sure that simply restoring an image will *always* defeat a truly
> compromised machine!

Let's don't use fuzzy concepts because they are too difficult to discuss
because the fuzz is undefined.

You are trying to talk about what is or is not good enough to fix 'a
truly compromised machine' without defining one specific compromised
machine.

If there were one specific compromised machine, we would be talking
about specifically what was and what was *not* wrong with it.


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Mike Easter