Wipe the disk!!!! Why not just hit the computer with a sledge hammer???

"Lance Delacroix" <lance_delacroix@fastmail.fm> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 23 Nov 2003 13:18:14 -0500, "Cliff Hartle" <cknjsp@msn.com>
> prounounced a fatwah thus:
>
> >A client of mine just had his OS rebuild after a bad bout with spyware
and
> >viruses.
> >
> >After following all good practices, Norton AV fully updated,
>
> There's a bad practice right there.
>
> Wipe the disk, reinstall, use Proxomitron, DNSKong, eDexter, and Kerio
> (with Sponge's list), DON'T use Norton/Symantec **** (use AVG
> instead,and back up with F-prot), don't use IE, don't use OE, and
> don't let him do any (ahem) one-handed surfing w/out all his
> anti-intrusion stuff running. Better yet, get him a subscription to
> some skin mags.
>
> If he's going to keep ****ing himself up, tell him to put all of his
> data on a separate partition so he can reinstall without losing
> everything.
>
> I haven't had a problem in a coon's age. My ME and XP are so clean
> I'm starting to feel like I'm missing something.
>
> Try Linux. Micro$oft will only get worse as time goes on .
>
> And oh, yeah, read the FAQ.