Re: OT Re: virus warning

[Russell Urquhart russurquhart1@xxxxxxxx]

doing fine Robert!

Using mutt (unix mail client) on OS X! :)


Russ



On Sat, Jul 02, 2011 at 04:00:44PM -0400, Robert Holmgren wrote:
> ** Reply to message from Raphael  on
> Wed, 29 Jun 2011 09:40:13 -0400
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> > Best hope you don't get this
> > http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/06/27/2355205/Rootkit-Infection-Requires-Windows-Reinstall
>
> The Microsoft engineer, quoted above, who said you had to do a
> complete reinstall, withdrew his advice several days later.
> It's total bunk.
>
> All you do to kill rootkits is boot from a CD that doesn't
> access the hard disk's Master Boot Record; then you replace the
> MBR and/or the boot sector. It isn't difficult.
>
> You're all just rumor-mongering and scaring yourselves. Google
> these things! Everything is fixable, usually easily. The real
> question is, what bad habits allowed a rootkit to reach user's
> computer in the first place? This nobody talks about...
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