EPTAfter an infection you have to reinstall windows. There is no way to be sure you cleared your PC after that.
[Guide] Securing your PC - Page 3
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dnosrc
Germany454 Posts
After an infection you have to reinstall windows. There is no way to be sure you cleared your PC after that. | ||
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Hinanawi
United States2250 Posts
Mostly worthless feel-good fake-security, or actually helpful? | ||
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St3MoR
Spain3256 Posts
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Schnake
Germany2819 Posts
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7Strife
United States104 Posts
On January 11 2010 13:55 R1CH wrote: Congratulations, you probably have a rootkit. As unlikely as it is either of us do unless you run a lot of badly peer reviewed torrents, porn codecs, etc; you may also have a rootkit. Typically, rootkits act to obscure their presence on the system through subversion or evasion of standard operating system security scan and surveillance mechanisms such as anti-virus or anti-spyware scan. Deamon Tools and Alcohol 120 use rootkits themselves in a helpful manner. If I had other rootkits installed then it isn't affecting my performance at all and isn't trying to communicate over a network. If I discovered I had one then I would reformat; not attempt to use programs to fix it. I have disc images of my clean installed OS with programs and settings so I could format and reinstall while I sleep. "The old adage "an ounce of protection is worth a pound of cure" is incredibly apropos when it comes to rootkits. Rootkit writers and rootkit detection writers are engaged in an arms race. As soon as someone writes a better rootkit detector, someone else updates a rootkit so that it's even better camouflaged. " http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=Defending Against Rootkits&aq=f&aqi=&oq=&fp=292ac4760832f3c4 | ||
Carnac
Germany / USA16648 Posts
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semantics
10040 Posts
On January 11 2010 20:22 Mystlord wrote: Makes me rage so hard. Aside from that, R1CH is absolutely right in that it's better and easier to prevent anything from getting onto your computer than trying to get it off. I'd bold literally everything R1CH said because it's all vital. Besides from the anti-virus, you can get away with disabling DEP, but only if you have compatibility issues. There's no real reason to turn it off. NoScript is GOD. Everyone get it. I've pretty much stopped using any sort of anti-spyware programs now because I have literally everything that's untrusted blocked. Noscript just is a GUI for whats available in options on alot of browsers, it just allows for a quicker switching of turning on and off add ons and javascript etc. Which in most cases is just a pointless add on unless you randomly surf the web, for most part i keep to core reputable websites and don't randomly download and click things, common sense is the most powerful tool to keep a clean computer. Also i'd find using FF with No Script a but funny as most ppl who spot FF do it for 2 reason, 1 customization with plug-ins add-ons etc, and then 2 for the speed. But what is the common bench most ppl weigh browsers with a javascript benchmark lol which no script disables by default! Which then i'd get on a rant about IE8 and how people make it sound like a mix between a retard and someone with plague, but it's the most proactive in security and does far more then anyother browser to keep secure but is the most targeted (kind like wearing a bullet proof vest vs nothing but living in the worst parts of town vs in a nicer part) and it's speed is just fine as most webpages give you limited bandwidth and on avg the diff of speed is very minuscule between browsers when loading a complete webpage it matters little, i mean what kind of webpage is 100% javascript) No Script;It breaks a lot of things so i don't use it. | ||
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Blind
United States2529 Posts
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semantics
10040 Posts
On January 12 2010 15:48 Blind wrote: Does the advice for the System Updates still apply if I'm not running a real copy of Windows Vista? Microsoft for a long time has allowed system critical updates though via the windows update for illegal copies although not their their site but only though the program itself. It's to keep the people who pay for their windows to be less likely to be infected, cleaner overall environment supposedly, less viruses on computers less viruses to go around over all. The OP said the same pretty much. | ||
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Saturnize
United States2473 Posts
On January 12 2010 03:30 Carnac wrote: I'd like to add: don't have administrator rights on your normal user account. lol | ||
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semantics
10040 Posts
you may laugh at that but it really does improve the security of the system vista and 7 default vs XP default. It just pisses off users that install and uninstall and do random shit all the time. | ||
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Saturnize
United States2473 Posts
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R1CH
Netherlands10341 Posts
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ShoCkeyy
7815 Posts
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madsweepslol
161 Posts
>.> apple ftw  | ||
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Emon_
3925 Posts
On March 01 2010 13:16 madsweepslol wrote: apple ftw not if you're straight. +1 for noscript/flashblock/adblock on firefox. Most pages look like a half-eaten sandwich with the ads turned off. No matter what the guy that raged about noscript says - it's amazing. I wouldn't be out on the web without it. | ||
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CharlieMurphy
United States22895 Posts
If you use a pirated version of Windows, you can still turn on automatic updates. r1ch, enlighten me on how to get passed the windows genuine thing? I can't update without installing that pos first. | ||
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konadora
Singapore66358 Posts
On January 30 2010 09:01 R1CH wrote: Bump, there's some nasty rootkits going around through unpatched Adobe products, make sure you keep yourself safe! So basically update all Adobe products? (Photoshop, Lightroom, Reader, etc?) | ||
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d_so
Korea (South)3262 Posts
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Durak
Canada3685 Posts
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