Re: Idiot proof removal of junk?

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"So can anyone please help me idiot proof this process a bit?"

No such animal, because computers are not for idiots.

I am not for a second saying your family are idiots. I means 'idiots' in the generic. To use a computer safely you need knowledge and awareness of the problems you're facing on the internet. Otherwise, all the software and programming in the world is useless. In my opinion, anyone who is not able and willing to learn how to protect themself on the internet should stick to Nintendo (or Xbox, since this is a Microsoft forum.)

Steven

"DevNull" <smorrey@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1134219700.195353.24370@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hello all,
>
> Around my family we have noticed an enormous amount of activity from a
> new trojan based on the SpyAxe stuff of a few weeks ago.
> Basically while not as annoying as the SpyAxe attack itself, this
> malware has alot of trash associated with it.
>
> A large percentage of my friends and family seem to have come down with
> this within the last few days leading me to believe it may be spreading
> via IM or email. (Which is all we really have in common)
>
> Everyone is now properly Firewalled and has a proper Virus Scan
> installed, enabled and paid up.
> The Virus Scan is just now detecting the BHO part as some sort of
> "puper" variant, which of course is leading to the inevitable phone
> calls.
>
> I would like to send everyone a single script or small set of scripts
> to automate the removal process, and make sure that this mess is taken
> care of properly.
> Especially considering that the official stance on this from the virus
> removal companies is "It's not malware in the traditional sense so what
> you have now is all you'll get at least for the near future".
> Switching is out of the question, if I threw anything different onto
> these machines, I'm sure some of the users would die of a heart-attack.
>
> Anyways, thus far I have managed to create one script on my own and
> wholesale plagarize another.
> The first one just basically automagically downloads and extracts the
> latest deffinitions files from my AV company, as well as thier current
> DOS mode engine (meant for large network deployment, so it's extremely
> current).
> The other deletes some files that the DOS scan seems to ignore, or not
> notice, then procedes to remove the associated registry entries that I
> have found thus far.
>
> Thats great except for most of my family is computer illiterate and I
> work 12+ hours per day, I just don't have much time or patience to
> teach grandma, grandpa, aunts, uncles, cousins etc how to run the first
> script in normal mode, then boot into safe mode find the scripts and
> run the second one.
>
> What I need to figure out is how I can, from within the first script,
> convince windows to boot into safe mode with command prompt.
> Then have it run the second script.
> Then (most likely from within the second script), set things back to
> normal and reboot the computer into the default boot mode, when the all
> clear is given.
>
> Everything I have done is in 2 old school batch files, which I will
> gladly share.
> I am also not opposed to turning them into WSH scripts, if it would
> make the difference, I mostly would just need to learn it really quick
> (shouldn't be much problem I'm pretty proficient at JavaScript, and I
> hear they are pretty similar).
>
> If anyone is interested in what I have written/borrowed thus far please
> drop a line in here and I will gladly show the code, not that it's much
> to look at.
>
> So can anyone please help me idiot proof this process a bit? Is what
> I'm asking even achievable in a scripting only (aka non-compiled)
> environment.
>
> Thanx in advance.
>
> p.s. Everyone is (now) running fully patched Windows XP SP2
>
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