» Subscribe to Newsletter
» Switch to BizTech2.com
Home » News » Windows Internet & Software » Got Malware? MS Says Reformat Your PC!
Got Malware? MS Says Reformat Your PC!
By: Jayesh Mansukhani   |   Apr 07, 2006
On a normal day, I get mailed many security advisories and quotes of security experts from all over the Net. Most of them are just routine with one or two of any real interest. In today's mail I found a forward with this downright ludicrous quote:

In a bizarre admission, a security expert at Microsoft this week said that some malware simply can't be beaten and that sometimes the only way to fix an infected PC system is to wipe it out and start over. "When you're dealing with rootkits and some advanced spyware programs, the only solution is to rebuild from scratch," said Mike Danseglio, a program manager in the Security Solutions group at Microsoft. "In some cases, there really is no way to recover without nuking the systems from orbit."

This to say in the least is very humorous and a serious insult to security experts and IT depts. Have they not heard of malware removal tools like their very own product? Its like saying, "Got an itching eye? Poke it out".

Someone at Microsoft's PR department sure dropped the ball on this one.

Tags:
 
Ads by Google 
Post a Comment on “Got Malware? MS Says Reformat Your PC!”
Comment : 
Name : 
City : 
Email : 
As a tech this is not so ridiculous. Once you are infected the only way to be 100% certain you are clean is a format and reinstall. Gone are the days where Adaware and Spybot are all you need.

Sure you can hammer it for hours but you better know what you are doing and a reformat is faster
Bill Davis @ Feb 28, 2008
Fundamentals: The ABCs of Phishing and Pharming (CSO) Michot declares war on spyware and phishing (The Shreveport Times) Germany arrests ring of cyber identity thieves (Reuters) Yahoo Implicated in Spyware "Click Fraud" (ConsumerAffairs.Com)Got Malware? MS Says Reformat Your PC! (Moneycontrol Tech Blog ) Going Mano a Mano with Spyware (EITplanet.com) Warning over rogue anti-spyware app (The Register, UK) Spyware Warning (CCNmag.com) In the Company of Spyware (THE GRIPE LINE WEBLOG)
Bazac Weblog, blog about the Search Engines, SEO/SEM... @ Apr 22, 2006
[...] Got Malware? MS Says Reformat Your PC! [...]
digg / CornStarch / submitted @ Apr 20, 2006
[...] Jayesh Mansukhani reports that he received a forwarded email allegedly quoting Microsoft, admitting that that some malware can only be removed by reformatting the computer. [...]
Security Watch » Extend of malware damage revealed by Microsoft @ Apr 08, 2006
[...] Jayesh Mansukhani reports that he received a forwarded email allegedly quoting Microsoft, admitting that that some malware can only be removed by reformatting the computer. [...]
Security Watch » Extend of malware damage revelaed by Microsoft @ Apr 08, 2006
Hi Darrel.. im not the only one who has this quote.. check around on google the quote has floated all over the internet...
Jayesh Mansukhani @ Apr 08, 2006
No, One person who is employed at Microsoft said this. Not the company as it own. Stop jumping to conclusions. *Yes, I'm looking at you article writer*
Darrel @ Apr 08, 2006
i cant believe microsoft people saying that for thier own product that they cant protect it from malware or fix it .
It seriously came as a downside for me as a user.
Saami @ Apr 08, 2006
Jayesh Mansukhani has picked up a security advisory in which Microsoft admits that malware could totally destroy a system: [IMG]
Threadwatch.org | Marketing and Technology Discussed @ Apr 07, 2006
Ads by Google 
Ads by Google
Products
Camcorders  |   Controllers  |   CPUs  |   Desktop PCs  |   Digital Cameras  |   Digital Video Recorders  |   DVD Players  |   Games  |   Gaming Consoles  |   General  |   GPS Systems  |   Handhelds / PDAs  |   Hard Drives  |   Headphones & Headsets  |   HiFi Audio Systems  |   Home Theater Systems  |   Input Devices  |   Internet  |   Laptops  |   lenovo  |   Low Level Components  |   Mac Systems  |   Mobile Phone Accessories  |   Mobile Phones  |   Monitors  |   Motherboards  |   MP3 / Audio Players  |   Multi-Function Devices  |   Networking  |   Optical Drives  |   PC Accessories  |   PC Add-on Cards  |   PC Cabinets  |   PC Games  |   Printers  |   Projectors  |   RAM Modules  |   Scanners  |   Software  |   Speakers  |   Telecom  |   TVs  |   Video Players  |  
Careers | About Us | Ad Inventory | Site Profile | Feedback | Copyright © 2007, Tech2.com India - A Network 18 India Venture