Build the system out from a blank drive. Make sure its totally 100% disconnected from any internet source. Install your Service Packs and hotfixes from a "trusted" CD. Trusted meaning - one that you know isn't infected with anything. Afterward - pick up on the advice of the other peeps and either Ghost or just image the drive.
||-----Original Message----- ||From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:full-disclosure- ||[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Riden ||Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 5:24 PM ||To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ||Cc: Full-Disclosure ||Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] Imaging Operating Systems || ||Michael Schaefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: || ||> Hi all ||> ||> We are building a Windows test system, to try out tool bars, spy ware, ||> malware and trojans on. ||> ||> Once we learn what we need to know, we obviously want to get rid of ||> the junk quickly and cleanly. ||> ||> I keep hearing suggestions about having a "clean image" to transfer ||> onto the computer. ||> ||> Can anyone send some details? || ||Ghost or Altiris can do this for you. || ||-- ||James Riden / [EMAIL PROTECTED] / Systems Security Engineer ||Information Technology Services, Massey University, NZ. ||GPG public key available at: http://www.massey.ac.nz/~jriden/ || ||_______________________________________________ ||Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. ||Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
