RE: First time security issue.

From: David Vincent (david.vincentat_private)
Date: Tue Jul 22 2003 - 08:50:18 PDT

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    > My question is, since the system was compromised and system 
    > files and the registry have been replaced/added too, am I
    > just better off formatting the system partition and restoring
    > from a good backup?
    
    IMHO it's the only way for you to be 100% sure that machine is not
    compromised.  
    
    on that thought, when were your backups made?  could they be compromised
    too?  nothing beats restoring a virus from a backup tape and taking down the
    REST of the network.  ;)
    
    -d
    
    
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