jimbo45
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Hi there
In these sort of situations the BEST medicine is to WIPE the disk COMPLETELY and then do a 100% FRESH install.
If you've backed up critical data regularly this shouldn't cause you any problem.
You should also have a spare image of your OS wilh only CLEAN apps installed e.g Office, Photoshop etc etc.
If you have a CLEAN image then you'll save time by recovering from this image.
With really complex registry entries these days I doubt whether ANY piece of AV software is 100% effective in virus removal if the computer has got infected in the first place.
If this happened to me I'd re-install a CLEAN version again without even thinking about it.
Another good reason for ALWAYS having clean reliable backup of both OS and User Data.
The purpose IMO of AV software is to prevent infection in the FIRST PLACE. If you download something and a "nasty" in the download file(s) is detected that's OK as you won't have installed anything but if you do a scan and your computer finds something is actively in your system or anywhere in "Windows" libraries then stop using the computer IMMEDIATELY, Wipe the disk with a stand alone disk cleanser -usually a physical write of x'00' on every sector INCLUDING THE MBR and re-install the OS.
A basic re-format of a HDD doesn't erase previous data BTW. You need to physically overwrite EVERY SECTOR on the HDD to ensure 100% removal.
I don't 100% trust "Cleansing afterwards" no matter what the AV software says it can do.
BTW to JAV -- got a screen next to me with Chelsea vs Arsenal -- just before HT -- Chelsea 2 - 0 so far with fans singing "Who Let the Dogs out -- Woof Woof" as Drogba gets goal nr 2.
Two horse race now Man U and Chelsea.
Cheers
jimbo
In these sort of situations the BEST medicine is to WIPE the disk COMPLETELY and then do a 100% FRESH install.
If you've backed up critical data regularly this shouldn't cause you any problem.
You should also have a spare image of your OS wilh only CLEAN apps installed e.g Office, Photoshop etc etc.
If you have a CLEAN image then you'll save time by recovering from this image.
With really complex registry entries these days I doubt whether ANY piece of AV software is 100% effective in virus removal if the computer has got infected in the first place.
If this happened to me I'd re-install a CLEAN version again without even thinking about it.
Another good reason for ALWAYS having clean reliable backup of both OS and User Data.
The purpose IMO of AV software is to prevent infection in the FIRST PLACE. If you download something and a "nasty" in the download file(s) is detected that's OK as you won't have installed anything but if you do a scan and your computer finds something is actively in your system or anywhere in "Windows" libraries then stop using the computer IMMEDIATELY, Wipe the disk with a stand alone disk cleanser -usually a physical write of x'00' on every sector INCLUDING THE MBR and re-install the OS.
A basic re-format of a HDD doesn't erase previous data BTW. You need to physically overwrite EVERY SECTOR on the HDD to ensure 100% removal.
I don't 100% trust "Cleansing afterwards" no matter what the AV software says it can do.
BTW to JAV -- got a screen next to me with Chelsea vs Arsenal -- just before HT -- Chelsea 2 - 0 so far with fans singing "Who Let the Dogs out -- Woof Woof" as Drogba gets goal nr 2.
Two horse race now Man U and Chelsea.
Cheers
jimbo
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