Re: LONG, LONG time to startup 2

From: Chek (chek_16_at_hootmail.com)
Date: 05/29/05 

Date: Sun, 29 May 2005 20:28:07 +0100

Crouchie,

I'll firstly say that while possibly well intentioned, your
grasp of modern malware is at best incomplete.

Oh for the days (doesn't Blaster seem a mere innocent now?)
when you could simply disable malware in the HKLM Run
regkeys.

Things are far more sophisticated these days - imagine
guiding a newbie to (say) CLSIDS in the registry then
getting them to trash everything they don't recognise?

I have always found David Lipman's advice and
recommendations helpful, and in no way self-promoting.

I don't know him apart from his presence on this newsgroup,
but Dave is one of the people whose selfless dedication to
his area of interest and willingness no share his knowledge,
makes the internet worthwhile.

Have you any idea what the big Corporations and some
professionals currently charge for personal advice -with no
guarantee of a fix at the end of it?

Unless you call re-installing Windows a fix.

And I’m afraid I don’t.

To me that’s a failure. And Dave's Cleanbat script has
worked faultlessly on every Win system I've run them. What's
to complain about?

Admittedly a lot of Dave's posts are repetitive, but only
because it's a valid procedure to follow for most posters
here with their limited knowledge. Sure, more sophisticated
tools like Process Explorer, HiJackThis and others may be
needed to actually remove the reported but undeletable files
McAfee or Trend find even in Safe Mode (Winlogon being
another current fave in the malware start-up routines), but
there’s always an invitation to report back the findings.

Also, I'd not be without AdAware as part of a malware
removal kit.

No software is perfect, and I feel that separate software
packages

will be more thorough than one team trying to handle
everything, in terms of

inclusions and updates.

I hope that’s not come over as discouragement, it’s only my
opinion.

I did hear Longhorn will warn when any system changes are
about to be made – till a way is found round that too.

And so it goes on.

There’s a lot to be learned here, by all of us.

Chek

"Crouchie1998" <crouchie1998@spamcop.net> wrote in message
news:ejqsbQ9YFHA.2116@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>I disagree with downloading Ad Aware from Lavasoft as it is
>proven to
> produce false negatives. Steer clear of it because you
> have the best one
> installed already.
>
> All you need to do is either download MSCONFIG & disable
> some startup items
> or the best way, go into the registry editor & delete the
> entries manually.
>
> All you have to do is create a backup copy of the RUN
> registry key & then
> delete things like ADOBE, QUICKTIME, Messenger Software,
> RealTray, but leave
> firewall & antivirus software there.
>
> MSConfig can be downloaded here:
>
> http://www.techadvice.com/specs/files_dl.asp?fnid=3398288
>
> All you will have to do is remove the check marks from the
> RUN keys. You can
> also delete the startup Programs from Spybot S & D by
> clicking advanced
> mode/Tools/Startup or that's what its is in version 1.4
> anyway.
>
> The Registry Editor Way:
>
> Click START/RUN type 'regedit' & press ENTER
> Click the '+' signs on:
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
> Software
> Microsoft
> Windows
> CurrentVersion
> & then click the folder (not the plus) of the RUN key. The
> startup programs
> are in the right-hand pane
>
> Of course Dave wants you to go to the IKS website because
> he has it listed
> as his footer like self promoting his own software.
>
> Post back if you get into problems
>
> Crouchie1998
> BA (HONS) MCP MCSE
>
>

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