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On Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:13:12 -0400, "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
wrote:

>Straight Talk wrote:
>> On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:35:37 -0400, "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Straight Talk wrote:
>>
>>>> Trial and error against malware is a common but very stupid
>>>> approach.
>>>
>>> Nonsense.
>>
>> Not really.
>>
>>> It depends entirely on the severity of the infestation.
>>
>> Precisely. A severity you cannot determine without having a baseline.
>>
>>> I won't spend hours and hours on a troubled workstation, but if I
>>> can pretty easily remove a not-very-invasive piece of malware or
>>> two, I simply do so.
>>
>> And how exactly do you verify that the machine is now back in a
>> reliable state?
>
>Because it works and has no further symptoms when I run thorough scans.

This coming from someone bragging to be an MVP. Very sad.

>That's generally good enough for a home user.

That's very good news for malware writers.

>Sorry, I'm bored now - done
>with this thread. Have fun storming the castle.

Oh, yes. Go back to sleep, MVP bragger.