From: "kurt wismer" <kurtw@sympatico.ca>

| Gabriele Neukam wrote:
>>> You really should ignore Leythos his fix for everything is a wipe and
>>> reload.
>>
>> Read
>> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/com...mt/sm0504.mspx
>>
>> and think again. If even MS says that, there must be something in it.
|
| since when did microsoft become an authority on how to deal with
| compromised systems? you'll note that their list of what doesn't work
| doesn't include booting from known clean media to remove the problem...
| they're so clueless about the value of clean booting they actually tried
| to redefine the term...
|
| rebuilding a system is often expedient but certainly not necessary...
|

I think it needs a Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) based upon the sheer number and type of
infections and balanced upon the capability of the person doing it.


--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm