Yeah... they said they could take it back to Rent-A-Center, but they'd have to wait like a week or two to get it back (while they're still paying on it, of course) and they don't want to be without it for that long. I'll strongly suggest that if they back up their personal files and let me reload it if there's a restore partition or restore media.
Otherwise, I'll just warn 'em that I can't be sure it's clean and urge them to use *our* computer (which I'm pretty sure is clean... although you can never be 100% sure of any computer that's been on the internet! *grin*) to change their on-line banking, bill-payment, etc passwords, and see about a non-admin account for them. From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 11:54 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows 7 question Yeah, those are tops on the list for nuke and repave. I've only one time successfully taken it off a system (my wife's) where the dynamics of the transaction change considerably. Although I was able to successfully negotiate a don't run as admin rule... On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 11:50 AM, John Aldrich <jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com> wrote: Ok... sounds like there may be an issue with "leftover" crap from the fake antivirus. :-( I'll see if replacing the hosts file with a "known-clean" version did anything when I get home... -----Original Message----- From: HELP_PC [mailto:g...@enter.it] Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 11:05 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: R: Windows 7 question Just now I updated Spybot on W7 (Run as Admin) with no issues GuidoElia HELPPC -----Messaggio originale----- Da: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Inviato: venerdì 22 ottobre 2010 15.43 A: NT System Admin Issues Oggetto: RE: Windows 7 question Hmm... even though I started SpyBot as an Admin? I never got prompted for permissions to modify a system file like I would have expected. I'll try temporarily disabling UAC when I get home and see if SpyBot will update the hosts file. -----Original Message----- From: Sean Rector [mailto:sean.rec...@vaopera.org] Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 9:11 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 question UAC Sean Rector, MCSE -----Original Message----- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 8:57 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Windows 7 question Quick question -- is there something in Windows 7 that would prevent SpyBot from writing to the Hosts file? I cleaned my brother-in-law's laptop and tried to add the SpyBot Hosts file, but was unable to do so from within SpyBot. Eventually I just put the Hosts file from my wife's XP box on a flash drive and copied it over, but I am trying to get ready for Windows 7 here in the office and thought I'd ask. I *did*, at least, know enough to try running SpyBot as an admin, but that still didn't allow me to add the Hosts file. :( I'm suspicious, especially after reading a thread on the SpyBot S&D forums, that there may still be a trace of what was infecting his computer lingering around. I've already run VipreRescue and MalwareBytes, but wanted to add the SpyBot Hosts file as an added precaution. Thanks.... ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin Subscriptions and tickets are on sale now! Rigoletto | Cos? 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