root kit

[Mike O'Dell]

These days, win7 is a much better alternative than extra-pain

Ignore the fact that vista ever existed and install win7 if
you care remotely about hardening you system. I'm not
Suggesting it's perfect, but it is lots, lots better.
And I have yet to see a windows app that won't run on win7 
that doesn't have (possibly silent) pathologies on XP.

I'm not shilling for MS - just trying to make the Internet a bit
Less wretched than it might be otherwise.

      -mo


Sent from my iPad so please excuse the jammy fingers.

On Aug 3, 2011, at 6:06 PM, Alex Fraser <beatnic at comcast.net> wrote:

> I'm going to build a hardened machine for secure commerce and for that I will use Ubuntu Linux.  For casual use I plan to reinstall XP on all my machines after wiping the disks.   I might have to play with a firewall if I don't upgrade the XP machines to  more secure version of windoze.  This project will take months to complete., but I've got it  in the project cue.  I sure hope I live long enough to finish them all!
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> Richard wrote:
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>> Hi Alex,
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>> Are you putting Linux on these computers?
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>> Best Wishes
>> 73s
>> Richard Demaret
>> KI4KXJ
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>> --- On Tue, 8/2/11, Alex Fraser <beatnic at comcast.net> wrote:
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>> From: Alex Fraser <beatnic at comcast.net>
>> Subject: root kit
>> To: tacos at amrad.org
>> Date: Tuesday, August 2, 2011, 7:38 AM
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>> I'm working on security for my home network.  I often buy second hand computers that come with hard drives.  Of course I don't run the old operating system that was on the computer, but I have been wondering if when you format the drive does it get rid of any installed virus, worms or root kits?
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