Windows cleaner

[Lee Reynolds]

The problem with Windows isn't Windows itself, but the calibre of people who tend to use it.

I'm not talking about IT folks who do Windows, I'm talking about the people who are only barely competent enough to do ANYTHING on a computer at all.  They use Windows because that's what was installed on their $299 e-machines system.  When it gets infested to the point that it is non-functional, they'll toss it and go buy another one, never understanding that this is not how things are supposed to be.

The computers they own get hacked not only because they don't update and secure them, but because they fall for every scam pop-up and email in the book.  

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From: plug-discuss-bounces at lists.phxlinux.org [plug-discuss-bounces at lists.phxlinux.org] on behalf of Eric Cope [eric.cope at gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, February 15, 2013 10:44 AM
To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: Windows cleaner

The best advice I ever received IMO with regards to cleaning Windows machines was this:

Do a clean install, get everything installed and updated, then take an image of the drive. Keep your files (My Documents) backed up. When the machine gets infected, wipe the disk, restore the image, update (and generate new image) as necessary, restore your files and go.

Trying to clean windows is such a terrible experience, it should not be considered an option. Of course, I don't consider Windows an option in the first place, but that's another topic.

Eric


On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 10:12 AM, Stephen <cryptworks at gmail.com<mailto:cryptworks at gmail.com>> wrote:

I think it might have been. I know Kaspersky was a Linux based live cd

On Feb 15, 2013 9:26 AM, "kitepilot at kitepilot.com<mailto:kitepilot at kitepilot.com>" <kitepilot at kitepilot.com<mailto:kitepilot at kitepilot.com>> wrote:
Is that a live-CD Linux distribution?
ET

Stephen writes:
Well I have had luck with the malware bytes disk, and avast.

On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 9:11 AM, kitepilot at kitepilot.com<mailto:kitepilot at kitepilot.com> <
kitepilot at kitepilot.com<mailto:kitepilot at kitepilot.com>> wrote:
No, he doesn't want AVG.
He wants a live CD Linux distribution with the necessary tools to clean an
inactive (but accessible) Wincrap filesystem.
I know what he is after...
ET

John J. Macey writes:

Wipe Drive, Install Linux. LOL! Give the AVG Trial a try.
On 02/15/2013 08:41 AM, Michael Havens wrote:
I Love Linux. That being said, what is the best OpenSource program for
cleaning an infected Microsoft computer (spyware/virus)?
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