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foosnark · Post by **foosnark** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 9:06 pm

Another thing that helps greatly against hijackers is to disable the Microsoft Java VM and download the Sun one.

Sascha Franck · Post by **Sascha Franck** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 9:59 pm

Ezy Ryder wrote:While you have a fresh instal freshly updated, get Ghost, or drive image, and mirror your boot HD. Next time something major like this happens, you can be up and running in about 10 minutes...As opposed to days!
Do it, you'll thank me later.

What he said...

DevonB · Post by **DevonB** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 10:34 pm

mauseoleum wrote:don't get Firefox.

get Opera w/o java and enjoy the *F12* options and fastness of your *Internet Browsing Experience*.

or get firefox cos it's trendy to have a firefox ...

Is that what it is? Trendy? I didn't like it, and kept getting pissed off at things that I expect from IE wasn't there (Google toolbar with autofill, float over a picture and see the link down below, etc.) Oh well. I uninstalled it.

Devon

VitaminD · Post by **VitaminD** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 10:45 pm

http://forums.thatcomputerguy.us/index. ... topic=5122

go there and try some of the online AV scans that this forum suggests... I'd recommend with the TrendMicro Housecall for starters..

I know it found a couple trojans on my system that AVG, adaware, and spybot didnt pickup on..

Ian B · Post by **Ian B** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 7:50 am

Ezy Ryder wrote:While you have a fresh instal freshly updated, get Ghost, or drive image, and mirror your boot HD. Next time something major like this happens, you can be up and running in about 10 minutes...As opposed to days!
Do it, you'll thank me later.

Sound advice

Next to actually buying Ghost, backing up a newly installed 'basic' OS is the smartest thing I've ever done.

tconrardy · Post by **tconrardy** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 9:30 pm

Ian B wrote:
Ezy Ryder wrote:While you have a fresh instal freshly updated, get Ghost, or drive image, and mirror your boot HD. Next time something major like this happens, you can be up and running in about 10 minutes...As opposed to days!
Do it, you'll thank me later.
Sound advice Next to actually buying Ghost, backing up a newly installed 'basic' OS is the smartest thing I've ever done.

don't mean to be ignorant ( too late)

BUT

is it a matter of simply putting the windows dir on CD?

TC

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