Hi! How would you like to never have to worry again, about Malware causing you all kinds of grief??
I may have that answer! Yes you can always restore back to factory; if you have the restore media. Don't want to lose all your data and spend hours up dating and reinstalling your favorite programs??Neither do I, although a fresh start is kind a nice once in awhile.
Here's how I approach this hated malware. I have a 1TB seagate external drive. I have Macrium Reflect. Once each month I create a back up image of my OS with Macrium Reflect. One image of my OS compresses down to about 4GB. My internal HD is 500MB and I'm only using about 50GB. I don't know how many images I can put on that 1TB external drive, but more than I'll ever need to. I have one image that will take me back to factory and then several more as I have added programs and up dates. I know for sure that last month my PC was free from all malware. I'm pretty familiar with malware and I know how to keep my PC clean. Let's say I got a really bad dude and I just couldn't get rid of this dude, no mater what I did. I'd just pop my WE P3.1 rescue CD in my DVD drive and restore back to last month; when I'm sure that dude wasn't infecting my computer.
In 15 minutes I would be back up and running just like the day I created that Macrium image, and that nasty dude is history. I may have to up date a few windows up dates, but there won't be that many.
Is that not a simple way to deal with malware that is getting worse every day. The internet is a cesspool my friends. You need to wake up and smell the roses and start backing up your OS with a 3rd party program like Macrium Reflect, Paragon or AOMEI. If you don't want to take my advise, then please visit our Malware section and TwinHeadedEagal or Argus will help you clean up your infected computer.
Here's a screen shot of my seagate 1TB external HD. You think I might find a image that is free from malware. I have 13 I can choose from. I'll give some pretty good odds I can find one that is malware free.
Time to start backing up your OS my friends and save yourself a whole lot of grief
I hope this wakes up some of you that has never created a back up image of your OS.
If you have any thing to add or correct on this thread, please reply. That is the way I learn and pass forward.
I may have that answer! Yes you can always restore back to factory; if you have the restore media. Don't want to lose all your data and spend hours up dating and reinstalling your favorite programs??Neither do I, although a fresh start is kind a nice once in awhile.
Here's how I approach this hated malware. I have a 1TB seagate external drive. I have Macrium Reflect. Once each month I create a back up image of my OS with Macrium Reflect. One image of my OS compresses down to about 4GB. My internal HD is 500MB and I'm only using about 50GB. I don't know how many images I can put on that 1TB external drive, but more than I'll ever need to. I have one image that will take me back to factory and then several more as I have added programs and up dates. I know for sure that last month my PC was free from all malware. I'm pretty familiar with malware and I know how to keep my PC clean. Let's say I got a really bad dude and I just couldn't get rid of this dude, no mater what I did. I'd just pop my WE P3.1 rescue CD in my DVD drive and restore back to last month; when I'm sure that dude wasn't infecting my computer.
In 15 minutes I would be back up and running just like the day I created that Macrium image, and that nasty dude is history. I may have to up date a few windows up dates, but there won't be that many.
Is that not a simple way to deal with malware that is getting worse every day. The internet is a cesspool my friends. You need to wake up and smell the roses and start backing up your OS with a 3rd party program like Macrium Reflect, Paragon or AOMEI. If you don't want to take my advise, then please visit our Malware section and TwinHeadedEagal or Argus will help you clean up your infected computer.
Here's a screen shot of my seagate 1TB external HD. You think I might find a image that is free from malware. I have 13 I can choose from. I'll give some pretty good odds I can find one that is malware free.
Time to start backing up your OS my friends and save yourself a whole lot of grief
I hope this wakes up some of you that has never created a back up image of your OS.
If you have any thing to add or correct on this thread, please reply. That is the way I learn and pass forward.
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