Re: Does anyone recognize this?

From: Ashp (ashleypride_at_gmail.com)
Date: 05/28/05

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    Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 20:04:23 +0100

    nemo_outis wrote:

    >
    > 1. The user had a persistent/recurring problem and he was
    > incapable of diagnosing its source. He was therefore necessarily
    > uncertain of whether it was attributable to malware, and, if so, its
    > nature and tenacity. Prudence would dictate that he assume the worst.
    > Accordingly, he was reduced to reformatting the drive and starting over.
    > My post makes clear what a thorough job of "reformatting and starting
    > over" entails if one wishes to ensure that any putative malware does not
    > survive and the problems recur.

    User is a she. The problem is malware, no malware uses any kind of
    protected hd area. If the problem is due to hacking/cracking or a
    corporate station then yes your advice is correct. Common sense
    overrides prudence here.

    >More broadly, my post was a heads-up on a little-known feature of
    >current
    >HDs which, while it has its legitimate uses, is susceptible to abuse,
    >including abuse by malware. Moreover, this feature can support some
    >especially pernicious forms of malware, (e.g., rootkits), which, by
    >their
    >nature, are both very hard to detect (especially from within an OS) and
    >to eradictate (e.g., a conventional reformat would be useless).

    Thanks, a chufty badge is on its way to too.

    Ash.

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