[Hidden-tech] PC technician recommendations?

nestor at fuzzy-math.com nestor at fuzzy-math.com
Mon Dec 7 16:15:37 EST 2009


Yes, that is true.  I did neglect to mention that option, as  a  
windows live-cd is not a standard piece of kit for a user.  I've used  
linux liveCDs to manually remove junk from pcs, but never Bart.  Does  
Bart provide utilities to automate the removal of malware and clean  
the registry?


On Dec 7, 2009, at 12:57 PM, Kiernan G-S wrote:

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> Nestor,
>
> I would have to humbly disagree on that account.  I think there are  
> many (obviously not all) situations where even a heavily virus/ 
> spyware/malware infected PC can be cleaned thoroughly and reasonably  
> quickly (1-2 hours) by launching off of a live (bart PE, etc) CD and  
> cleaning out hostile files and then cleaning up remnants (files,  
> registry, startup tasks, etc) in safe-mode.   Defragging and all  
> that is helpful, although autorun on many PCs now.  Also not someone  
> a good/honest technician should be charging to sit and watch run.
>
> ~Kiernan
>
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> On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 10:03 AM, nestor at fuzzy-math.com <nestor at fuzzy-math.com 
> > wrote:
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> Any good, well: honest, Pc tech will tell you to start over.  The  
> best you can do with a swamped PC that has out of date antivirus or  
> none at all is backup as much data as possible and reinstall  
> windows.  The other option is to "contain" or remove all the bad  
> stuff you can find, defrag, and clean the registry (which never  
> seems to net great results).  That would take a while, and I know  
> I'd charge you a bundle.
>
> On Dec 7, 2009, at 1:21 AM, Hope Nilsson wrote:
>
>>   ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the  
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>> Hi HT folks,
>>
>> I've got a laptop that needs some attention. It's been slow for  
>> ages but now it's clearly got some nasty malware on it and is  
>> refusing to boot up. It's not my primary machine, or I'd have put  
>> more effort into fixing it. Can anyone recommend a good PC  
>> technician in the North Adams area (or within an hour or so's  
>> drive)? I'd like someone to clean the machine out, make sure  
>> nothing nasty is lurking around, and get it back to a reasonable  
>> state of functioning.
>>
>> Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
>>
>> Hope
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