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Ubuntu and safe web surfing?
- Subject: Ubuntu and safe web surfing?
- From: srehrlich-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org (Scott Ehrlich)
- Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 09:45:46 -0400
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On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 9:45 AM, Scott Ehrlich <srehrlich-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote: > On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 3:12 PM, Bill Horne <ehorne-zY4eFNvK5D9If6P1QZMOBw at public.gmane.org> wrote: >> On 4/18/2010 2:48 PM, Scott Ehrlich wrote: >>> My sister's PC was gifted to her with pre-installed Windows XP. ? ?She >>> thinks it has become infected, and she has very limited funding, so I >>> said either buy a copy of Windows XP or Win 7, though I'm not >>> convinced the system can take Win 7 and Win XP is being phased out. >>> >> >> The PC might be equipped with a recovery partition which can be used to >> roll-back the machine to its delivery date. >> > > Hi Bill: > > Not a bad idea, but unless I'm proven otherwise, I just don't trust > _any_ Windows system, from the first sector to the last, once it has > been infected. ? I'd want it to be reformatted no matter what. > That is, unless it is a VM, in which case I'd simply trash the infected VM and spawn a new one.
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- Ubuntu and safe web surfing?
- From: srehrlich-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org (Scott Ehrlich)
- Ubuntu and safe web surfing?
- From: ehorne-zY4eFNvK5D9If6P1QZMOBw at public.gmane.org (Bill Horne)
- Ubuntu and safe web surfing?
- From: srehrlich-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org (Scott Ehrlich)
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