A way of cleansing a machine

[polonus]

Dear fellow forum members,

Sometimes a machine may be so badly infected, a complete reinstall is all that is left to perform, otherwise clean a machine in the following fashion. Disable system restore, install CWShredder, install Ad-aware + updates & run this, also install Spybot S&D + updates, and run it. IN regular mode: Install MS Antispyware + updates, install firefox, Safemode with networking, run MSAS, install HijackThis and run it, run msconfig and remove all start-up entries except MSAS and antivirus and anything else the user may need or has requested to leave. Shift + delete HijackThis and remove it from the program file list. Shift + delete CWShredder.exe. Remove any spyware programs, still in add/remove programs delete leftover icons, shortcuts, and favorites, etc.
Optional is to run ipfix if need be, or run winsock fixing if necessary. Your client now feels as hug as a bug in a rug, but needs to update his or hers virus definitions, need a firewall install, leave Ad-aware, Spybot S&D & MSAS on the machine. Instruct the owner to use Firefox, install firewall entries for them, else you get a lot of OMG!'s every time the firewall pops up, and ask them something. This might be an approved method. What kind of routines do you guys follow.


Have a nice virus-free day,

polonus

[bob3160]

The best way to clean your computer is to not catch anything in the first place.....


P.S.
polonus
Your Avatar is to big. 200X200 is about twice as big as it should be.

[polonus]

Dear Bob,


Mine jumps and that is how it stays in 100 by 100 px  while  yours is mucho bigger in actual size , mine is only 15,5 KB, so it does not take that much space on the server. No hard feelings however,

Have a nice day,

polonus

[DavidR]

So you think your avatar is smaller than Bobs, think again, its physical screen size is 200X200 including the white space arround the monkey. The file size may have a slight hit on dial-up but that happens once to load it into cache. The 200X200 image is for every post.

[polonus]

Dear folks,

I gave the monkey a face, and think it is even better now.

Greetz,

POLONUS

[kamulko]

He don't jump! :'(

[Hopismum]

size is much better    thank you polonus

[bob3160]

You are so handsome.
Thanks

[DavidR]

Thank you polonus, not a self image I trust

[szc]

Avatar looks much better now...

Dear Bob,
Mine jumps and that is how it stays in 100 by 100 px  while  yours is mucho bigger in actual size , mine is only 15,5 KB, so it does not take that much space on the server. No hard feelings however,
Have a nice day,
polonus

Btw, Bob's avatar doesn't take any space on avast! server because it's just an outside link for the real location where Bob keeps his avatar, his own web space...

Cheers !

[bob3160]

Avatar looks much better now...

Dear Bob,
Mine jumps and that is how it stays in 100 by 100 px  while  yours is mucho bigger in actual size , mine is only 15,5 KB, so it does not take that much space on the server. No hard feelings however,
Have a nice day,
polonus

Btw, Bob's avatar doesn't take any space on avast! server because it's just an outside link for the real location where Bob keeps his avatar, his own web space...

Cheers !

That same fact holds for most of the graphics I post in here. The only exception is when I need to post a quick screen shot in order to
help someone.