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mrbell1984 said:
You know when people turn around to me and say I have a virus or I have spyware or there are problems.

I say oh well I will back everything up and format. I have my own batch file that installs everything a system needs like flash player, java etc. and I can easy update these as it runs from a USB stick. Then the user puts what they want back on themselves.

They are silent installs so one click and it does it all on it's own so it doesn't take much time. I can have a system up and running in an hour including all plugins.

(Obviously depends on how much data they have to backup)
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http://ninite.com/

derp
 
I would backup using a live cd to access the data, format and reinstall. Then take an image when everything's set up.

Mrbell1984 would you mind posting up your bat file? I've been looking at trying to do the same but I'm no good with scripts.
 
I removed something similar by booting into my 2nd o/s and deleting the user profile. It may work by logging into the same o/s with another account, I couldn't test as I didn't have one.

I now just use a standard account and keep a 2nd account with admin privileges for maintenance.

MW
 
Nymins said:
Any particular reason? Not having a go, just curious.
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I have used it before and it takes longer to re-create the image to include software than actually it is downloading the update and just putting it on the usb stick. I copy the folder onto the desktop and just run the batch file. Just a personal opinion of mine and I feel I can manage it better than having to faff about with nlite n other tools really.
 
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mrbell1984 said:
I have used it before and it takes longer to re-create the image to include software than actually it is downloading the update and just putting it on the usb stick. I copy the folder onto the desktop and just run the batch file. Just a personal opinion of mine and I feel I can manage it better than having to faff about with nlite n other tools really.
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I think you may be talking at sightly cross purposes here:

nLite

Ninite

Having said that, I'd also feel a lot more comfortable installing each app individually and keeping complete manual control over the whole process.
 
kirbz said:
Mrbell1984 would you mind posting up your bat file? I've been looking at trying to do the same but I'm no good with scripts.
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Basically these are the silent commands that I use. Not quite the script but if you ran this it would still install the applications in one click (XP). Windows 7 is slightly advanced as I have a part to elevate the script so UAC prompts are disabled.

Code: 
@echo off

start /wait AdobeAIRInstaller.exe -silent -eulaAccepted -pingbackAllowed
start /wait AdbeRdr11002_en_US.exe /sAll /rp /rps EULA_ACCEPT=YES
start /wait sw_lic_full_installer.exe /S
start /wait install_flash_player_11_active_x.exe -install
start /wait JavaSetup7u17.exe /s WEB_JAVA=1
start /wait Silverlight5.exe /q
start /wait QuickTimeInstaller.exe /quiet /qn /norestart
start /wait IE10-Windows6.1-x86-en-us.exe /quiet /norestart
start /wait mseinstall_x32.exe /s /runwgacheck /o
EXIT
 
Just a thought.

Are there viruses/etc that can survive a format/reload and come back to haunt you?

Should an active HD wipe be done as well if you are compromised?
 
Orionaut said:
Just a thought.

Are there viruses/etc that can survive a format/reload and come back to haunt you?

Should an active HD wipe be done as well if you are compromised?
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It's not a virus it's just a ranomd piece of ****** ransomware/scareware (w/e label you wanna give it:p)

Firstly mate, ignore everythin it tells you, utter garbage.

Boot into safe mode, any other accounts? These things tend yto be account specific.

If not boot into safe mode w/cmd prompt

Type: Net user administrator /active:yes (I'm assuming yer on Vista or 7)
Hit enter, this will enable the hidden admin account

and reboot back to safe mode/w nwrking

this should now also give you an admin login.
Log into that account.

Run software of choice MWB/HMP/SAS
Or if ye've got a good idea of whats what run msconfig and look for any iffy looking startup items, they tensd to be randomly named exe's
 
6+months after my wife's laptop caught ransomware it's absolutely fine without going to the hassle of reinstalling everything.
 
Is this that Metropolitan police one or is it a different one? When I caught that I managed to get control back of my computer by CRT+ATL+DEL, logout then login and somehow getting task manager to run before it blocked it.

Anyway, there is a bootable CD you can get that will allow you to boot a RAM drive version of Windows XP and run Anti-virus/malware software. Don't think I can mention it here as it's probably considered Warez or something but it begins with 'H'. :o Obviously you'll need a working computer to burn the ISO image.
 
mrbell1984 said:
This is what some people fail to understand, once you are infected there could be ANYTHING lurking in the background! You just don't know and the most easy way to be sure is to get it formatted.

I don't believe in scanners.
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Same can be said for any machine that connects to the internet regardless of it having had an obvious infection or not. If you're going to be that paranoid you best disconnect permanently.
 
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