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Well- again, Im not arguing with the OP other than to say that he was a little overly scarey about a program I have used for years and had no issues with.
I made sure to be cautionary and say *...as a last resort* and that you should always let the admin make the descision on a network. I also stated that with any program that doesnt have MS cert, you use it at your own risk.
The responses to my posting seems to be an attack. I stated my experince with the program and the cautions that should be implimented. You wish me to be silent instead of letting people know that this isn't a scarey program to use on your own machine?
#1 If you dont have your machine backed up and you dont have a disk to restore your machine, you shouldn't be playing with any program like this.
#2 If you have followed the protocols in #1 then use any program you like and learn how it works and what it will do to your machine. Or use a secondary machine to test things on like I do. You learn much more by doing than you will learn anywhere.
#3 If you are working with a network machine, unless you are the Admin, dont do anything on your own. Build a server and play with it so you can make your mistakes in a situation where you dont have to worry about compromising security and or crashing the machine.
#4 The title is system security not network security and Combofix, in my experience, does nothing to mess with your security. I dont use an AV software so my machine is secured by me and since I am not perfect, I run into security issues occationally. And when I go to fix those issues, I do everything else before using Combofix. It has helped me recover from situations I have been told were unrecoverable.
#5 Combofix should NEVER be used as a primary fix. It is a last ditch to recover your system from hijacks, etc.
#6 When you use programs that aren't certified by microsoft, you are using them at your own risk.