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On 04/13/2011 01:38 AM, David Hillman wrote:
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type="cite">If her machine is powerful enough (Core2Duo + 2GB
memory), it might be best to install Virtualbox in Ubuntu and then
install Windows 7 in there. Put the files in the Linux filesystem
and share them in the virtual machine. There are some very nasty
trojans that'll disable all virus scanners upon infection and
won't let any scanners even install. To clean an infection, Dr.
Web CureIt seems to work well because it randomizes the executable
and uses something called Enhanced Protection Mode to ensure it
can load in memory, even if malware has blocked everything.
Another thing to do is run a vulnerability tester--Secunia
Personal Software Inspector and Belarc Advisor (goes for any OS).
Avast and AVG are pretty good virus scanners. Also, see about
using Google Chrome as the main browser. IE just has too many
hooks deep into Windows to make me feel good about using it as
anything other than a doorstop.<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 6:16 PM, Trey
Sizemore <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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Hi all-<br>
<br>
Off-topic for the list, but I know there's tremendous
knowledge and experience here when it comes to tightening a
Windows machine.<br>
<br>
I've got my daughter's laptop dual-booting Windows 7 and
Ubuntu. I've encouraged her to use Ubuntu as much as
possible, but realize there are some programs that are not
able to run on Linux at this point (tried Wine and others).<br>
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So for the times she does log in to Windows, I want to have
up-to-date anti-virus installed and am looking for some advice
on what to use. Also, any other software that would be good
to install to help keep the nasties off.<br>
<br>
Thanks!<br>
<br>
-Trey<br>
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I recommend NOD32.<br>
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