Posted on 03/31/2009 4:59:22 PM PDT by papasmurf
The conficker worm, aka:Downup, Downadup and Kido, is scheduled to become active at 00:01:00 AM on 04/01/09.
It's a complete unknown and has many experts worried. If you aren't sure about being protected on your Windows machine, please download the FREE application from Microsoft called Windows SteadyState , and install it.
It only takes a few minutes, it's very easy and simple, and it will protect your hard drive. I use it on my XP Box and my Wife's Vista laptop, and I know it works.
Download it, click to install, open it, and select "User Restrictions", and (if you do nothing else), select "Protect the Hard Disk".
After that, anything and everything that is installed will be deleted after a reboot. it's just that simple.
Read the help and "How To" that pops up after installation to find out more.
As much fun as Shadow Ace's threads are, it would be a shame to have 100 or so FReepers needing help in recovering their hard drives tomorrow.
So, remember, No disk glove, no data love!
It “resets” the PC upon reboot. Comes back exactly as when you installed Steady sate after every reboot. You can slect to hide your droves, and block access to removable device,as well as limit what each user profile can do.
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Yes, sorry. It resets your drive just as it was when you installed it. It does a lot more, actually, but I wanted to make sure people knew there was a quick, clean way to be protected.
Restore can be infected, Steady State doesn’t allow anything to remain after the reboot that wasn’t there before.
That’s not exactly correct. They only found a “signature” for it two days ago. The patch just blocked the ports from being borg’d.
You’ll need to do some more reading and testing. It does contain anything inside of the image, when rebooted, it deletes that image.
I’ve tested it with several trojans, and crashed it more than 20 times. It always comes back exactly as it was when I installed it.
Dude, it’s not a rollback, it’s an image that’s placed temporarily on your hard drive. The it’s deleted upon reboot.
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Anything that was installed or downloaded after you installed Steady State will be deleted. It also won’t allow anything to run from other than “Program Files”. So, no executables (exe, bat, com, msi, etc.), can execute on your system while Steady State is running, unless they are pre installed to the “Program Files” folder.
No. Stick it.
Choose # 1.
You can still download stuff and save it a removable drive or SD.
Sandboxie v 3.01 does.
I probably shouldn’t have used the words “stick it”.
Instead....... “yawn”.
I think you’re spouting off way above your pay grade.
There is no “image” (of the disk as a whole), only a collection of before-images of changed data.
There is a “cache file”, which by default takes up 50% of the free space on the disk.
The before-images (of changed data groupings) are stored in the cache file.
If the user so chooses, the before images are replaced in the original locations after rolling back the changes that were made in the last session.
Steady State literature (e.g. technical ref) recommends installing all usual safeguards such as firewall and AV.
Microsoft recommends normal backups be made, for all the usual reasons.
One day a worm will come along and corrupt or delete the cache file.
reading your posts since you started the thread, I am thinking that this Steady State is something I’ll soon want to turn off, assuming that tomorrow goes well......I have it in protect hard drive only mode.
is this a reasonable thought?
That’s correct, an image file is created on your hard drive, it protects the partition, and it overwrites whatever is left when you reboot.
Have you tested it? I have. When you do, and you can prove that it doesn’t work, then post back.
But, again, I suggest you test it for yourself.
steve, I’d like any comment you would offer in response to my #75.....tia.
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I’ve not used it. I’m not a big fan of MS or most of their more recent stuff. I only keep an XP and a Vista partition on one of my machines because I still do some support stuff. But, I do use Steady State, and I can vouch for it’s effectiveness.
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