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| Thread ID: 92568 | 2008-08-15 02:06:00 | A question for you techies | sarel (2490) | Press F1 |
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| 697379 | 2008-08-15 02:06:00 | A friend asked me to check his lappie for virii and "things", to which I agreed. Usually I burn all the needed software onto a CD and then onload it to the lappie (with all updated signature files). I then run the scans and once clean, install a few basic programs that I set for auto-update. I've got no knowledge on slaving any drive neither do I want to. Any other suggestions. sarel |
sarel (2490) | ||
| 697380 | 2008-08-15 02:15:00 | Just use your normal method? | roddy_boy (4115) | ||
| 697381 | 2008-08-15 02:28:00 | Slaving means taking the drive out of one machine and putting it into another as a secondary drive - the best place is in place of the CD/DVD drive. After the drive has been cleaned, put it back in the first machine and replace the CD/DVD drive. |
jwil1 (65) | ||
| 697382 | 2008-08-15 02:31:00 | Your normal method should be fine in most cases, you can also do online scans if you like with the likes of this (www.eset.com) from ESET (makers of NOD32). Salving isn't actually that difficult if you know the hardware side of things, its usefull when a systems that full of nasties it can't even boot. |
stormdragon (6013) | ||
| 697383 | 2008-08-15 02:31:00 | Slaving means taking the drive out of one machine and putting it into another as a secondary drive - the best place is in place of the CD/DVD drive. After the drive has been cleaned, put it back in the first machine and replace the CD/DVD drive. She said she didn't want any knowledge of slaving drives. |
roddy_boy (4115) | ||
| 697384 | 2008-08-15 02:34:00 | Well, if you want to waste cds . And dont want to know how to slave hdd's (which would probably be easier) . There's not much we can tell you, and no point asking |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 697385 | 2008-08-15 05:41:00 | Any other suggestions. educate the friend to be more secure, stop the bad things getting in.... from my blog..... Change your behavior Don’t click on links in email, don’t do it, don’t even think about it. Don’t open attachment in emails, unless you trust then sender then don’t open attachments. Don’t browse to dodgy web sites, this means no searching for warez, porn, free ringtones. Virus scan you computer every week. |
robsonde (120) | ||
| 697386 | 2008-08-15 22:02:00 | Your usual method is the most common method I use (though I have all files on a USB key for XP onwards/CD for older comps). Slaving I really only do when the other drive has problems at bootup or is running extraordinarily slow |
Myth (110) | ||
| 697387 | 2008-08-16 00:48:00 | Hi guys No, I don't want to slave because I do not want to open his lappie and b*gger everything up - as I am prone to do. I used a USB thingie for all the files. His lappie was infected by the same one that Wainuitech described earlier - Windows Antivirus 2008, and a few others. After about 14 hrs I think it's clean. I also installed all the better progs like the 30day Nod, Malwarebytes, etc. sarel |
sarel (2490) | ||
| 697388 | 2008-08-16 04:51:00 | slaving a drive can be very beneficial in many ways particularly when trying to kill off nasties. This is because the slaved drive is essentially 'dormant' ....no nasties can be 'active' on the drive thus they're more easily killed | drcspy (146) | ||
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