RE: [H] Suggested tools for helping a friend with badvirus infestation

2006-02-13 Thread Thane Sherrington (S)
At 10:02 PM 10/02/2006, Mesdaq, Ali wrote: I can guarantee that a infected system is unclean-able by you! Not to question your intelligence but I think you question the malware authors intelligence. I have setup honeypots as a matter of fact I operate several for my company and within 1 minute a

RE: [H] Suggested tools for helping a friend with bad virusinfestation

2006-02-13 Thread Thane Sherrington (S)
At 06:47 PM 10/02/2006, Christopher Fisk wrote: On Fri, 10 Feb 2006, Thane Sherrington (S) wrote: At 04:04 PM 10/02/2006, Christopher Fisk wrote: Here is the thing, I do this for a living, and the never being defeated thing is fine, but when you spend 10 hours on something that you could have

RE: [H] Suggested tools for helping a friend with badvirus infestation

2006-02-13 Thread Thane Sherrington (S)
At 10:02 PM 10/02/2006, Mesdaq, Ali wrote: That whole nothing can stop me attitude I don't buy it and I don't respect it in this context. If the issue is a system crash or a bug in configuration that's where the never quite attitude is good. But in a case where you could possibly not clean out a

RE: [H] Suggested tools for helping a friend with badvirus infestation

2006-02-13 Thread Thane Sherrington (S)
At 10:02 PM 10/02/2006, Mesdaq, Ali wrote: unknown malware you would be astonished. And don't think I am just checking malware against one or two AV companies. Go to www.virustotal.com and see all the vendors. I collect malware that is not recognized by any of all those vendors and I have to reve

Re: [H] Suggested tools for helping a friend with badvirus infestation

2006-02-13 Thread Thane Sherrington (S)
At 06:37 PM 11/02/2006, warpmedia wrote: Anyone checked this out yet? http://www.f-secure.com/blacklight/ Yes, I've been using it for about two months. Easier to use than Rootkit Revealer, but I'm not sure if it's as thorough. T

RE: [H] Suggested tools for helping a friend with badvirus infestation

2006-02-13 Thread Anthony Q. Martin
Exactly what are the calling malware? If no AV system is 100% effective, then how can they be 100% sure of these numbers? :-Original Message- :From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] :On Behalf Of Thane Sherrington (S) :Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 7:03 AM :To: The Hardware L

RE: [H] Suggested tools for helping a friend with badvirus infestation

2006-02-13 Thread Mesdaq, Ali
Well the difference is that you spent a resonable amount of time trying to clean a system that you could possibly leave infected. I would recommend reformatting then making sure you customers have a resonable level of layers of defense firewall, software firewall , some av, alternative browser,

RE: [H] Suggested tools for helping a friend with badvirus infestation

2006-02-13 Thread Mesdaq, Ali
Its not a company I work for its a tool we use. You can upload a file and check it against all av pretty sad coverage because no av ever gets it all or even close -Original Message- From: "Thane Sherrington (S)"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 2/13/06 3:56:24 AM To: "The Hardware List" Subject:

RE: [H] Suggested tools for helping a friend with badvirus infestation

2006-02-13 Thread Anthony Q. Martin
: :Its not a company I work for its a tool we use. You can upload a file and check it against all av :pretty sad coverage because no av ever gets it all or even close Then how can you believe the results? Some can be reporting false positives, etc.

RE: [H] Suggested tools for helping a friend with badvirus infestation

2006-02-13 Thread Thane Sherrington (S)
At 10:03 AM 13/02/2006, Mesdaq, Ali wrote: Its not a company I work for its a tool we use. You can upload a file and check it against all av pretty sad coverage because no av ever gets it all or even close How do you know that? According to their charts, it appears that if they scan with all

Re: [H] ok, how about this...

2006-02-13 Thread j m g
it's the nature of the 'sport compact' - I've got an '04 WRX and nope no creature comforts, but everything is in easy reach :) I've had this arguement ad naseum with friends, many of who have bmw 330xl's - the awd, and while comfortable, feel like a slug to drive :) On 2/12/06, Christopher Klein

Re: [H] ok, how about this...

2006-02-13 Thread Bryan Seitz
On Mon, Feb 13, 2006 at 10:05:34AM -0500, j m g wrote: > it's the nature of the 'sport compact' - I've got an '04 WRX and nope > no creature comforts, but everything is in easy reach :) > > I've had this arguement ad naseum with friends, many of who have bmw > 330xl's - the awd, and while comforta

RE: [H] Suggested tools for helping a friend with bad virusinfestation

2006-02-13 Thread Wayne Johnson
At 06:56 AM 2/13/2006, Thane Sherrington (S) typed: So when you reinstall Windows, do you reinstall all their apps and transfer data as part of the regular job? Most mom/pop shops do NOT putting the onus on the owner to have sufficient backups when everyone knows that home lusers don't backup

[H] Smallish LCD TV...

2006-02-13 Thread Bobby Heid
Hey, My wife mentioned something about putting a small TV in the kitchen. I am looking at something in the 13-17" range. Anyone have any pointers? At that size, would buying one of the computer monitors that has a TV tuner in it do what I need? Thanks, Bobby

RE: [H] Suggested tools for helping a friend with badvirus infestation

2006-02-13 Thread Hayes Elkins
On a side note, I have wasted more time/money/resources dealing with false positives than with actual viruses. Many enterprises have strict email policies these days prohibiting any forwarding of virus warnings exactly because of the hysteria a false positive causes. From: "Anthony Q. Martin

RE: [H] Smallish LCD TV...

2006-02-13 Thread Hayes Elkins
Yeah. Cheap too. I noticed on Costco's website there is a 37" 1080p LCD flat panel for $1499. Next year, a 45" should cost that amount. Very nice :) From: "Bobby Heid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], The Hardware List To: "'The Hardware List'" Subject: [H] Smallish LCD

RE: [H] Smallish LCD TV...

2006-02-13 Thread Anthony Q. Martin
I recently bought a 19" Westinghouse Widescreen LCD TV for my exercise room. Thing is HDTV and has DVI inputs, S-video, 3:2 pull-down, progressive scan, NSTV tuner, etc. Very nice on hi-def and DVD. BestBuy. I'm going to add a PC in that room, next. : :Hey, : :My wife mentioned something about

RE: [H] British TV: "The IT Crowd"

2006-02-13 Thread Hunter, Gary
Its a great program even my wife likes it. For those not in the UK you can grab it from www.uknova.com From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris ReevesSent: Friday, February 10, 2006 9:43 PMTo: 'The Hardware List'Subject: [H] British TV: "The IT Crowd" Anyone

RE: [H] British TV: "The IT Crowd"

2006-02-13 Thread Chris Reeves
It’s just British comedy, but the bit of: “Dear Sir / Madam: FIRE! FIRE! Help Me! I’m at 231 Browns Lane. I look forward to hearing from you.” As an email to the emergency services killed me. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Beh

Re: [H] ok, how about this...

2006-02-13 Thread Julian Zottl
lol, yes ;) I was in Canada skiing, hence the slow reply ;) If you think that the Subaru WRX STI feels like a plastic bucket, you obviously haven't been in a Saturn lately. Now that feels like it's going to fall apart right from under you. I bought a Subaru WRX STI for a couple of reason

Re: [H] ok, how about this...

2006-02-13 Thread Brian Weeden
Just to throw in my 2 cents, I bought a Honda Pilot almost 2 years ago and it has been awesome. Here in Colorado I have been through pouring rain, hail, fluffy snow, ice and it handles it all very well. Great comfort. great handling, decent gas milage (18-29mpg on average) and room for 7. On 2/1

Re: [H] ok, how about this...

2006-02-13 Thread Ben Ruset
I want the Mazdaspeed 6. Yum. Is that Jag still parked in your parents driveway? Can I have that too? Julian Zottl wrote: lol, yes ;) I was in Canada skiing, hence the slow reply ;) If you think that the Subaru WRX STI feels like a plastic bucket, you obviously haven't been in a Saturn

Re: [H] ok, how about this...

2006-02-13 Thread Bryan Seitz
On Mon, Feb 13, 2006 at 09:44:22PM -0500, Ben Ruset wrote: > I want the Mazdaspeed 6. Yum. rofl, P O S. -- Bryan G. Seitz

Re: [H] ok, how about this...

2006-02-13 Thread Ben Ruset
:( My wife's Protege5 is an awesome car. Bryan Seitz wrote: On Mon, Feb 13, 2006 at 09:44:22PM -0500, Ben Ruset wrote: I want the Mazdaspeed 6. Yum. rofl, P O S.

Re: [H] ok, how about this...

2006-02-13 Thread Bryan Seitz
Not bad cars, just meant performance wise. On Mon, Feb 13, 2006 at 11:34:57PM -0500, Ben Ruset wrote: > :( > > My wife's Protege5 is an awesome car. > > Bryan Seitz wrote: > >On Mon, Feb 13, 2006 at 09:44:22PM -0500, Ben Ruset wrote: > >>I want the Mazdaspeed 6. Yum. > > > >rofl, P O S. > > --