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To: conservativesister

The only way is to save only the most necessary documents to an external drive. Then brick the computer (that means wipe the drives and reformat them) reinstall the OS and let MS Utilities be the only virus scanning software. Do this and you will never have a problem again.


4 posted on 02/03/2020 6:38:30 AM PST by freedomson (Tagline comment removed by moderator)
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To: freedomson

Good post, I use this model and find exactly what you say...

The other important element is the browser you use as it is the typical way that infections enter. Rarely do I see a virus get past and if one tries it is embedded in a piece of software I am trying which once discovered gets them off the list no matter how “useful” they seem. I like Opera but moving to the newer replacement Vivaldi developed by the same folks but a part of the whole defensive schema I utilize.

Currently evaluating BitDefender as a tool for this and other “lay in wait” types of attacks, looks good and finds things others flew right over


23 posted on 02/03/2020 8:11:05 AM PST by 100American (Knowledge is knowing how, Wisdom is knowing when)
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To: freedomson

I follow that advice every year or so. It’s easy and quick if you plan it right.


31 posted on 02/03/2020 9:24:51 AM PST by Loud Mime ("Now, go and do your duty before darkness covers the earth." Michael Uhlmann (1939 - 2019))
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