Re: HijackThis Log Help

In article <utz8fpFOIHA.5160@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
michael.jenkin@xxxxxxxx says...
I weigh the time of a reformat, reinstall, reinstall all drivers and
applications and put back any missing settings against Malware removal
time which at the most takes me about 1 hour actual hands on. Items like
trend Housecall etc can run longer than 1 hour so I do them overnight.

But, while repair is minimal, there is still risk that you didn't get it
all. You can not possibly be 100.00% certain you actually removed all
malware vs what a wipe/reinstall would provide them.

When it comes to "Certifying" that a computer is clean, I will not
provide my signature unless I've wiped it and reinstalled it in a clean
environment.

I've never found any ethical person that could suggest, 100.00%, that
they could clean a compromised machine.

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