[ale] [OT] Databases of viruses/malware

[Pat Regan]

On Wed, 02 Mar 2011 20:58:02 -0500
Ron Frazier <atllinuxenthinfo at c3energy.com> wrote:

> The problem is, you may never know if the remedy failed. If the virus 
> returns in a mutated form, or in rootkit form, it may not show any 
> evidence of it's presence until you boot another OS and scan again, 
> which may be weeks or months or never. In my opinion, if a machine is 
> compromised, the only way I can trust it again with confidential
> data, for sure, is to wipe the drive.

How do you know when to stop trusting it again?  If it is hiding that
well then how did you find it in the first place? :)

Pat