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How is backup software beneficial to computer security and not detrimental?
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<blockquote data-quote="AtlBo" data-source="post: 764212" data-attributes="member: 32547"><p>It helps security for all of the times where a PC user can say without reservation the image is a good and clean image. Care free imaging wouldn't be such a good idea. I agree with [USER=7463]@cruelsister[/USER] that some preparation for each backup when at all possible is the best course of action. Run scanners, run cleanup, etc.</p><p></p><p>BTW, I have a possessed image from a few weeks ago. Don't know what to do with it yet, but I decided to keep it for now, hoping to study it later. Basically (this has been verified 3 separate times from this image), I run the system for about a day or two and then somewhere along the line I will get a message that Comodo Forewall cannot run and must be reinstalled. It instructs to reboot, but rebooting then brings a scenario where neither NVT OSArmor or Qihoo 360 (the a-v in this image) or Comodo run on boot. On further inspection and to my amazement, ALL of their directories...all of them for all of the programs...are gone. And this has happened 3 times. So I guess during boot something wipes out these security programs on the system...even NVT OSA! Not exactly the most well known of security programs, since it's so new.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, I am guarding the image, so that I can study it later or submit it for study. It does bring up the point though that images are no cleaner than the original.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AtlBo, post: 764212, member: 32547"] It helps security for all of the times where a PC user can say without reservation the image is a good and clean image. Care free imaging wouldn't be such a good idea. I agree with [USER=7463]@cruelsister[/USER] that some preparation for each backup when at all possible is the best course of action. Run scanners, run cleanup, etc. BTW, I have a possessed image from a few weeks ago. Don't know what to do with it yet, but I decided to keep it for now, hoping to study it later. Basically (this has been verified 3 separate times from this image), I run the system for about a day or two and then somewhere along the line I will get a message that Comodo Forewall cannot run and must be reinstalled. It instructs to reboot, but rebooting then brings a scenario where neither NVT OSArmor or Qihoo 360 (the a-v in this image) or Comodo run on boot. On further inspection and to my amazement, ALL of their directories...all of them for all of the programs...are gone. And this has happened 3 times. So I guess during boot something wipes out these security programs on the system...even NVT OSA! Not exactly the most well known of security programs, since it's so new. Anyway, I am guarding the image, so that I can study it later or submit it for study. It does bring up the point though that images are no cleaner than the original. [/QUOTE]
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