On Mon, 2007-11-19 at 15:12 -0500, Ross S. W. Walker wrote:
Lanny Marcus wrote:
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All of your comments and suggestions are greatly appreciated! I am beginning to *hate* MS Windows, but there are still a few things we use it for. Lanny
Ditto.
There isn't really anything wrong with Windows, it's just Microsoft's lax default security that is the problem.
That and the slow release of patches for known exploits.
As Windows is 90% of the market, trojans, viruses, worms and rootkits will be developed for it, but you can set up Windows securely without too much hassle. Only the "Administrator" user should be part of "Administrators" and "Power Users" should be treated as "Administrators".
A good toolkit for Windows is the Ultimate Boot CD for Windows at http://www.ubcd4win.com/
It uses BartPE, discussed earlier, but adds a lot more tools, including rootkit and antivirus scanners. A clean install after data recovery is still the best bet.
Phil