Re: foolproof computer from malware?
- From: "Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 10:34:51 -0600
peter wrote:
One of my neighbor has managed to acquire all sorts of spywares and
maybe even a rootkit.
I'm going to reformat and re-install windows on his computer.
If I make his account a limited user account, would that stop all
malware from entering his computer? How else can I make his
computer more foolproof?
It helps. Nothing can make it completely safe permanently. Things change
quickly. The best defense is educating your neighbor.
Is there any browser proxy that would *automatically* block all the
bad popups, activeX, and other bad downloads? It has to be
automatic. If the user has to answer a question "do you want to
install a virus or a rootkit", my neighbor may click yes by
accident.
No. There is no cure-all.
Clean it up, give the neighbor a limited account for daily use and an
administrative account for installing stuff. Install a good AV software and
perhaps some antispyware software that runs resident as well. Teach the
neighbor that they should not just open things without thinking about it -
that they should not just install stuff from everywhere and that they should
investigate anything they see 'pop-up' on their screen before acting on it
beyond clicking on the X in the topmost right-corner of the pop-up.
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