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11 months 1 day ago
That method only removes the target executable that causes the hijack. It doesn't remove the trojan used to insert it nor does it prevent its return.
You are right as always, but I would guess that this trojan can be taken care of by any anti-virus and it may even have been already removed. But winsched.exe will most likely not be recognized s a virus, because it doesn't behave like a virus. Sure, it may not work but you will have to remove it anyway then why not to do it now?
11 months 13 hours ago
Because there's little point in doing such things by halves. If you want it dead make sure its dead. Don't just take shortcuts to hide the symptoms.
11 months 13 hours ago
Actually, if your that really obsessed, a format won't just do it for you, I was once really paranoid about this virus / spyware / rootkit, that kept on coming back in my computer, I've stumbled upon a neat program called DBAN ever heard of it? I ended up nuking my hard drive for 5 consecutive days, reducing every file I used to have into shreds, it took a while but it was worth it. Being paranoid is a wonderful, wonderful thing.
11 months 13 hours ago
And now your HDD's have a shortened lifespan in the name of paranoia... not quite what I'd call wonderful.
^hatesyouBecause there's little point in doing such things by halves. If you want it dead make sure its dead. Don't just take shortcuts to hide the symptoms.
So tho correct procedure is to first destroy the virus with some sophisticated tool and than remove winsched.exe by pressing key with label "Del".
But we are unable to find the virus which may mean that the beast is hiding really well or it's just not the anymore and I thing the best way how to determine which of those two options is true is to delete winsched.exe and see if it reappears again.
^hatesyouAnd now your HDD's have a shortened lifespan in the name of paranoia... not quite what I'd call wonderful.
I'm not sure if shred can actually harm your HDD, it can do a lot of damage to flash memory but normal HDD won't die from lot of writing (I use the same swap partition for more than two years now and it's still fine). But the truth is that simple dd is more than you'll ever need unless your enemy is NSA or Mossad (see "The Great Zero Challenge" for more information).
11 months 7 hours ago
Parts wear with use. Needlessly rewriting data to obscure the file allocation table and any sector data is use. A HDD will die with a lot of writing.
11 months 6 hours ago
Pardon me, if I'm being offensive but, that is true, actually about what you said (rewriting causes damage), but also contrary to what you said, the HDD is still working fine, actually, I passed it on to someone else, and it's still being used (even after I Nuked the HDD several times before I gave it away), it is true that doing this needlessly will shorten the HDD's life span but, it's effective, thorough, and free (there is an business version of the software I used.) Paranoia in our time today is actually a good thing, our internet, the way it is right now, it would be safer that way. J/k
I agree, Ahaha~ I should have been more paranoid
11 months 5 hours ago
Paranoia isn't a good thing. Cynicism and care however are. There is no virus that will recover from a formatted drive. Further treatment of the drive is unnecessary and a waste of time.
Sorry for being unclear, I was talking about how i surf the net but a bit of paranoia in real life can help a lot.
11 months 5 hours ago
Sorry for all the misunderstanding, I should've mentioned that I was talking about the paranoia (which I use as a hyperbole for intensive care for technology, I just really admire the progress and breakthroughs society's been through so far, concerning technology) induced by viruses, spyware, malware, etc. not actual paranoia, which is very unfortunate for the people who actually do have this, forgive me, if I've offended anyone. Cheers.
^hatesyouParts wear with use.
Mechanical parts wear with use. Whats so mechanical about changing polarity? It's true that you HDD is spinning when writing and that spinning is damaging it but it's also spinning when reading or when doing nothing.
^hatesyouNeedlessly rewriting data to obscure the file allocation table and any sector data is use. A HDD will die with a lot of writing.
Do you talk a lot? because when you needlessly talk you are using your brain and in the end you will die, I know that it's not fair but it's true, the number of words we can say is limited same as number of bits that can be written to your disk. :-(
~ambstrikeI agree, Ahaha~ I should have been more paranoid
Paranoia can help sometimes, but in my opinion wisdom is much better. It's important to think before you open that strange hyperlink you've got in that email.
^hatesyouThere is no virus that will recover from a formatted drive.
Actually there is. If your virus is in the boot record than format won't help you.
10 months 4 weeks ago
Just how do you think polarity is altered? It's a realignment of the surface layer via magnetism... ie a mechanical change is made to the surface.Abovechanging polarity
No. I'd also appreciate it if you realised your point is moot. Organs wear just like everything else.AboveDo you talk alot?
Note I said recover. It's not going to recover if it hasn't been touched in the first place. Besides its a browser hijack and not a boot virus.AboveActually there is.
Ego down boy. The user still needs to either format his drive or take the time to kill the pest.
Thanks for all of your comments, i don't think there's 1 specific program to easily kill it so i might have to format my drive