Backing up files on a badly malware infested computer.
Koh Choon Lin
kcl at live.com.sg
Tue Jan 24 14:02:38 UTC 2012
Hi
> On badly infested computers I usually just back up the data files and
> reinstall the OS. Since she misplaced the original Windows disks we
> agreed to give Linux a try. So far, no problems? WRONG! I can't back
> up the data files no matter how hard I try. I think I'm battling a
> rootkit of some sort (maybe more than one.) The data files do not seem
> to have been corrupted.
After you copy out all the data, run further scans on them to ensure you did not have any malware among them!
Regards
Koh Choon Lin
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