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Re: Point of No Return? Microsoft Says Recovery from Malware Becoming Impo ssible
From: Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 18:16:58 +0100 (BST)
On Tue, 4 Apr 2006, Fergie wrote:
Interesting. Via eWeek. [snip] In a rare discussion on the severity of the Windows malware scourge, a Microsoft security official said businesses should consider investing in an automated process to wipe hard drives and reinstall malware-infested operating systems. "When you are dealing with rootkits and some advanced spyware programs, the only solution is to rebuild from scratch. In some cases, there really is no way to recover without nuking the systems from orbit," Mike Danseglio, program manager in the Security Solutions group at Microsoft, said in a presentation at the InfoSec World conference here.
Maybe MS should do "Windows for Grannies", along the lines of grannix. If all the software is on CD Rom and you can't install software on the hard disk, then you've moved quite a long way to hardeing the system. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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