Star Microsoft Says Recovery from Malware Becoming Impossible
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 4th Apr 2006 18:53 UTC
Privacy, Security, Encryption In a rare discussion on the severity of the Windows malware scourge, a Microsoft security official said businesses should consider investing in an automated process to wipe hard drives and reinstall operating systems as a practical way to recover from malware infestation. "When you are dealing with rootkits and some advanced spyware programs, the only solution is to rebuild from scratch. In some cases, there really is no way to recover without nuking the systems from orbit."
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RE[5]: That's what I do.
by Jarsto on Wed 5th Apr 2006 07:24 UTC in reply to "RE[4]: That's what I do."
Jarsto
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2005-10-06

"That would be like saying it's Boeing's fault that a 747 got hijacked."

I think I actually would say that if Boeing didn't provide a sturdy door between the cabin (IE ActiveX) and the cockpit (system ActiveX).

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