http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ How-To Geek Forums Topic: New page: Preventing Infection en Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:44:17 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/new-page-preventing-infection#post-31971 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:38:24 +0000 whs 31971@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>That is a good principle. Sorry I confused the issue due to a lack of semantic knowledge of the term. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/new-page-preventing-infection#post-31922 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:45:35 +0000 The Geek 31922@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Yeah, the whole idea is that people shouldn't be peddling links just because they are going to make money off them... makes it more difficult to trust anybody's intentions for promoting a piece of software. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/new-page-preventing-infection#post-31915 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:39:19 +0000 whs 31915@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Hmmm, It's that what it was? I thought "Referral Link" meant a commercial link. Thanks, I again learned something. One is really never too old to learn. I should have done like you would have =&gt; Googled the term. lol </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/new-page-preventing-infection#post-31914 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:31:31 +0000 jd2066 31914@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>@whs: There is nothing wrong with with commercial links. It's posting referral links that are a problem.<br /> Referral links being when the poster will get paid when a person buys something after clicking on the link. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/new-page-preventing-infection#post-31910 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:26:15 +0000 whs 31910@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>@Geek, Although I understand the general intent governing this rule, it may not always be practical. If someone asks where to find a cheap PC or a specific bit, how can we answer without pointing them to a commercial link? Difficult! </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/new-page-preventing-infection#post-31901 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:28:21 +0000 The Geek 31901@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>@newagepirate:</p> <p>Referral links are not allowed... I'm sorry, but that's pretty standard. I realize now that I overlooked mentioning that in the rules, but I'm going to update. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/new-page-preventing-infection#post-31885 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:40:28 +0000 whs 31885@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Spyware Doctor may be good (although I have never seen it in any serious comparison rating), but on my system it made a real mess. I threw it out. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/new-page-preventing-infection#post-31884 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:39:21 +0000 newagepirate 31884@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Heres a link for it</p> <p>REMOVED BY MOD </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/new-page-preventing-infection#post-31883 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:38:07 +0000 newagepirate 31883@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>At the IT company I work for, we use spyware doctor, and it does a pretty good job. Ill get a link for it and post it later, cause I dont have one right now, I have it on a fd </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/new-page-preventing-infection#post-27177 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 09:03:02 +0000 whs 27177@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>ScottW, My comment regarding Rootkit removal referred to this section you link to <a href='http://www.howtogeek.com/wiki/List_of_Free_Anti-Spyware_Applications'>http://www.howtogeek.com/wiki/List_of_Free_Anti-Spyware_Applications</a> with the section "Spyware removal tools" </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/new-page-preventing-infection#post-27176 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 08:29:14 +0000 ScottW 27176@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Yes, a page on how to clean infections would be great, but every infection is different and there is no one tool that will clean any kind of infection. Just thinking about how complex those instructions would be reinforces for me how important it is to *prevent* infection in the first place.</p> <p>An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure! </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/new-page-preventing-infection#post-27175 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 08:04:55 +0000 The Geek 27175@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>We should really have a page on how to clean infections as well... would definitely be useful. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/new-page-preventing-infection#post-27173 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:51:02 +0000 ScottW 27173@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>whs, this is advice that I have given before on this forum, so I wasn't that busy just making it more general and putting into the wiki.</p> <p>As for a rootkit remover, I'm all for linking to one but this page is about *preventing* infections not cleaning them. Also, I have referenced a page listing free Anti-Spyware, which is a sub-page of all anti-spyware. I would expect to have a page of anti-virus and other cleaners, such as rootkit revealers and removers linked to yet another master page that this new page of mine could link to. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/new-page-preventing-infection#post-27172 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:48:35 +0000 The Geek 27172@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Nice work!</p> <p>That's exactly the type of article I was hoping the wiki would be used for. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/new-page-preventing-infection#post-27170 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:22:16 +0000 whs 27170@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Very good. Looks like you have been real busy. In the removal tools I would also list some rootkit remover like Rootkit Revealer - <a href='http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897445.aspx'>http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897445.aspx</a> </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/new-page-preventing-infection#post-27168 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:09:53 +0000 ScottW 27168@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>I just created this new page in the wiki to refer people to when they ask how to prevent a malware infection or prevent a re-infection after they got one:<br /> <a href='http://www.howtogeek.com/wiki/Prevent_Infection_from_Viruses_and_Spyware'>http://www.howtogeek.com/wiki/Prevent_Infection_from_Viruses_and_Spyware</a></p> <p>I have marked this as an opinion piece (op ed?) because it's my opinion. I would appreciate any feedback and some more good links to add to the References section. Thanks. </p>