RE: Daughter's computer

[Blanchard_Michael () emc com]

 Surfing the internet through a VMWare session that can be reverted back to a previous snapshot at the click of a 
button is also a good way to go.  She can have all her important data on the host OS, and then when she wants to head 
on the I'net just open up the VMWare session and off she goes.  Doesn't matter what piece of scumware comesdown, she 
can simply click on the "revert" button and presto Changeo! Nice pristine OS again and she doesn't have to learn a no 
OS :-)


Michael P. Blanchard 
Antivirus / Security Engineer, CISSP, GCIH, CCSA-NGX, MCSE
Office of Information Security & Risk Management 
EMC ² Corporation 
4400 Computer Dr. 
Westboro, MA 01580 
 

-----Original Message-----
From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On Behalf Of Drsolly
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 10:21 AM
To: funsec () linuxbox org
Subject: [funsec] Daughter's computer

I just had a phone call from my daughter. "I've got a virus". Actually, 
I'd guess it's not a virus, just some random piece of scumware.

I noticed the advice from Microsoft - in this situation, you have to do a 
complete reinstall.

She has no idea how she acquired the scumware. She's not technical, but 
neither is she clueless. My guess is that she, or her flatmate, just 
visited a site that did a drive-by.

Reinstalling Windows, and Word, and the IM program, and all her data ... 
isn't going to be pleasant or easy. I'm guessing that it'll be necessary 
to do this every few months now.

So, in the light of the advice from MS, I'm going to try to wean her onto 
Linux.

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