On Mon, 2007-11-19 at 15:12 -0500, Ross S. W. Walker wrote: > Lanny Marcus wrote: ... > > 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