Re: Unable to reinstall windows XP home after virus

From: wojo (kwoyachSPAM53954_at_yahoo.SPAMcom)
Date: 03/26/04 

Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 05:01:56 GMT



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If I can help you I will.
If you can help me thanks.
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Useful Links
AdAware:
www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
Spybot S & D:
www.safer-networking.org/
Check for Parasites/Worms:
www.gemal.dk/browserspy/parasites.html
Blaster Security Patch:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/blast.asp
TweakUI and other PowerToys:
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp
"octavius schmalz" <arabesque@web.web> wrote in message 
news:pan.2004.03.26.04.55.02.623000@web.web...
> On Thu, 25 Mar 2004 19:31:26 -0800, AL wrote:
>
>> I have a Pentium 4.
>> It appears I caught a virus last week via Outlook, although never opened
>> an attachment. We reformatted the harddrive several times. We have been
>> unable to identify the virus.
>> Just ran a microsoft msblast check and now one for the latest worm, do 
>> not
>> have it.
>>snip
> reformatting the HD should remove everything. Be sure you really
> reformatted it. Use fdisk, delete all the partitions and reformat.
> If you have the preview pane turned on in Outlook, you don't need to open
> anything to get a virus. That "feature" makes all the email open just by
> selecting them.
> It's very difficult these days to install XP and get the updates without
> being attacked in the process unless you have a hardware or good software
> firewall in the loop. A router/switch with NAT (network address
> translation) is also OK but not as effective.
> I would suggest installing XP and your AV software offline first, then
> immediately upon going online, update the AV software first, then the MS
> software, if you are directly connecting to the internet, which is really
> something nobody should do anymore, unless you are running a MAC or Linux.
I have one computer that I regularly do clean installs on because it is my 
test box. As long as AV software is installed and firewall is installed and 
running I have never gotten a virus upon connecting to the internet. But, as 
Octavius sugested, 1st thing is to update AV definitions then Windows 
update.
The one time that I connected w/o enabling the firewall first I had blaster 
almost immediately. IE: Before I was even able to begin downloading updates 
I was reading an RPC error.
Moral of the story: Firewall up, AV software running, AV software updated 
VERY IMPORTANT.

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