Re: Point of No Return? Microsoft Says Recovery from Malware Becoming Impo ssible

["Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <rMslade () shaw ca>]

Date sent:              Wed, 05 Apr 2006 12:46:32 +0000 (GMT)
From:                   Fergie <fergdawg () netzero net>

> The problem is (in addition to what you mention below) that,
> once a machine is compromised, it is simply no longer 'trustable'
> because there just too many ways for an attacker to install
> trojans/backdoors/etc. for future nefarious purposes.

A salient point.  To which the old response was "boot clean."  In years gone by 
that could be accomplished with a floppy, now you need Knoppix or some such 
due, again, to the complexity of our current systems.  As you say:

> This isn't just a Windows issue -- that goes for any copmputer,
> period, IMO.

Pretty much any modern desktop environment, anyway.  Ah, why did we ever 
leave CP/M?  :-)

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