On 2006-11-10, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> posted something concerning:
> Anti-spyware anesthetises your OS before going to work
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>| As SPAM reaches record levels and more and more operating system
>| exploits are discovered every week the threat of spyware has become
>| greater than ever.
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>| [...]
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>| As the name suggests this program boots into a different OS,
>| namely a modified version of Linux, to allow the scanner run
>| independently of Windows. This serves the purpose of being able to access
>| areas that the Vole (Inquirer's nym for Microsoft) normally doesn't
>| allow us to tread.
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> http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=35636
This may be new for this particular product. But I've used Insert
several times to clean up trojans and remove other nasties. I've also
used Trinity Rescue once, and may use it more often in the future.
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Chimpanzees can point and click on a Windows UI. That's mostly who's
doing it.
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