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From: void.no.spam.com on 6 May 2008 15:02
My dad was browsing the other day, and called me over to the
computer. Firefox had somehow gone over to onlinexpscanner.com (which
I have discovered is a spyware site) and downloaded an executable
file, and there were prompts to run some code. I closed all the
browser windows and deleted the executable file.

Now I am wondering if my dad may have inadvertently installed any
spyware, before he called me over. I could spend several hours
running a bunch of scans, or maybe I can just reinstall Vista and the
Dell Drivers CD? How long would all that take? There are even old
posts in this newsgroup where people said their computer runs faster
after doing a reinstall of Windows, than it did when Dell shipped it
to them.
From: Christopher Muto on 6 May 2008 15:49
assuming that you have all yoru ducks in a row and have done this before,
from start to finish it takes 6-8 hours to completely reinstall windows,
install all the drivers specific to your machine, download all the updates,
install the most basic application software (like dvd movie player, cd/dvd
recording software, java shockwave, flash, acrobat reader, and office), and
then restoring your data (which is assumed to have already been backed up
with this estimation). i suggest you start the computer in safe mode with
networking and visit http://housecall.trendmicro.com and run their free
malware scan/repair tool, or roll back windows to a previous point in time
using system restore before you invest the time in reinstalling the entire
system.

<void.no.spam.com(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
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> My dad was browsing the other day, and called me over to the
> computer. Firefox had somehow gone over to onlinexpscanner.com (which
> I have discovered is a spyware site) and downloaded an executable
> file, and there were prompts to run some code. I closed all the
> browser windows and deleted the executable file.
>
> Now I am wondering if my dad may have inadvertently installed any
> spyware, before he called me over. I could spend several hours
> running a bunch of scans, or maybe I can just reinstall Vista and the
> Dell Drivers CD? How long would all that take? There are even old
> posts in this newsgroup where people said their computer runs faster
> after doing a reinstall of Windows, than it did when Dell shipped it
> to them.


From: Charles Summers on 6 May 2008 16:13

"Christopher Muto" <muto(a)worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
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> assuming that you have all yoru ducks in a row and have done this before,
> from start to finish it takes 6-8 hours to completely reinstall windows,
> install all the drivers specific , etc...>

Are you sure this isn't something that can be done in just a couple of
hours? Seems to me that last umpteen times that I've done it, it was only a
couple of hours.

To the OP: be sure to back up everything that your dad needs.


From: Christopher Muto on 6 May 2008 16:17
"Charles Summers" <vmm(a)comcast.net> wrote in message
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>
> "Christopher Muto" <muto(a)worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
> news:J4udndxkYZ7VK73VnZ2dnUVZ_sednZ2d(a)earthlink.com...
>> assuming that you have all yoru ducks in a row and have done this before,
>> from start to finish it takes 6-8 hours to completely reinstall windows,
>> install all the drivers specific , etc...>
>
> Are you sure this isn't something that can be done in just a couple of
> hours? Seems to me that last umpteen times that I've done it, it was only
> a couple of hours.
>
> To the OP: be sure to back up everything that your dad needs.
>

generally it is more economical to purchase a new computer than to do a
software rebuild. of course this depends on how you value your time. with
malware scanners you only have to invest the time to start the scan and then
are free to do whatever you want while it does its job.


From: RnR on 6 May 2008 17:26
On Tue, 6 May 2008 16:17:31 -0400, "Christopher Muto"
<muto(a)worldnet.att.net> wrote:

>"Charles Summers" <vmm(a)comcast.net> wrote in message
>news:09ydnay5WeNLJr3VnZ2dnUVZ_jydnZ2d(a)comcast.com...
>>
>> "Christopher Muto" <muto(a)worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
>> news:J4udndxkYZ7VK73VnZ2dnUVZ_sednZ2d(a)earthlink.com...
>>> assuming that you have all yoru ducks in a row and have done this before,
>>> from start to finish it takes 6-8 hours to completely reinstall windows,
>>> install all the drivers specific , etc...>
>>
>> Are you sure this isn't something that can be done in just a couple of
>> hours? Seems to me that last umpteen times that I've done it, it was only
>> a couple of hours.
>>
>> To the OP: be sure to back up everything that your dad needs.
>>
>
>generally it is more economical to purchase a new computer than to do a
>software rebuild. of course this depends on how you value your time. with


I can't agree for "most" people but for "some" who might be
high wage earners or have to pay others to do this or can't stand
taking the time to do it themselves, then I would / might agree.

In fact some (I agree with this too) recommend reinstalling all your
software (from scratch including the OS) once in a great while to get
a cleaner system which in turn will make your OS run faster. This is
because the registry after a while gets cluttered up. And yes I know
you can run registry cleaners but they are not as efficient as a new
install.
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