Re: anti-malware progs ineffective

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Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 23:19:24 -0500

On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 17:53:30 +0000, Ken Smith wrote:

> In article <MPG.1c64225e608287ac9898af@news.individual.net>,
> Keith Williams <krw@att.bizzzz> wrote:
>>In article <ctdl0u$iqj$4@blue.rahul.net>, kensmith@green.rahul.net
>>says...
> [..]
>>> If you are going to download and install something, download it and save
>>> the download file onto a CD.
>>
>>I download/save everything to a directory under an "installed"
>>directory on my "D" drive/partition and install from there.
>>Periodically that directory tree gets written to CD.
>
> That is sort of what I suggested, but I don't think you can trust the
> downloaded version of a program for very long. The next time your
> computer gets hit, the virus may modify the downloaded files too.

They normally infect the installed files, not the raw downloaded files.

>>> Every time you create something you don't want to lose, write it onto a
>>> CD.
>>
>>...along with all the malware already installed.
>
> The "it" I mean is specifically what you created ei: the file you
> produced. If it gets infected before you save it to CD you lose it but
> assuming that you detect the virus, all the stuff before that point is
> safe.

But that backup will re-infect all else after you reinstall.

>>> Plan on doing a re-install of Windows every 3 Months to a year.
>>
>>Why plan on it. It's going to happen anyway. Actually, I'm on year
>>five on this laptop and refused a new one because a re-installation
>>would be a disaster. :-(
>
>
> My wifes computer is less than 4 months from its last re-install and
> already stuff doesn't work. Re-installing is a majop pain because it uis
> an upgrade version so it wants to keep all the malware or refuses to
> install. When it is installed, it is complete virus bait and has to be
> patched, patched and patched again before the network is used.

It sounds like you have some bit-rot going on there. Have you totally
eliminated the possibility of a hardware fault? I haven't had much
problem, well, at least until I tried installing PDF Reader 7.0, whcih
pretty much trashed all other versions, and itself. Since, downloads
have been iffy.

-- 
  Keith

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