Re: Trojan remover also removed SYS files/info Can't connect Internet

From: "Gerry Cornell" <gcjc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

| David
|
| You are totally missing the point!
|
| If you have no internet connection and the affected computer does not
| have a CD drive then whatever you use to try to regain control must fit
| onto a floppy.
|

No true at all. There is no limitation to a floppy drive. One can use a ZIP drive, use a
USB Flash Drive, use a
USB Memory Card Reader and Memory card combo, etc...

I use a USB 2.0 powered 250MB ZIP drive to service other's computers as well as 1GB Compact
Flash card in conjunction with a USB v2.0 CF card Reader. Which I use depends on what I
plan on doing and what kind of service I will provide. Both are chosen because they are
Random-Read, Random-Write devices.

There was a time I would use a parallel port ZIP 100 MB drive and a DOS boot floppy with or
without NTFS4DOS (depending if the platform uses NTFS or not). This way I could boot of a
DOS disk and use the McAfee Command Line Scanner from the POV of the ZIP drive.

I think you'll find that floppy drives are less common and CDROM (or DVD) drives are the
norm on home computers.


--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm


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