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I notice an ad on tv for a "FixIt" stick which is a usb thumbdrive. I'm wondering if anyone here has had opportunity to look at one of these. I'm guessing it's nothing more than a bootable Linux distrib which automatically runs various "scanners". Just trying to find out given I certainly won't spend the money they ask for it |
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"pjp" wrote in message
... I notice an ad on tv for a "FixIt" stick which is a usb thumbdrive. I'm wondering if anyone here has had opportunity to look at one of these. I'm guessing it's nothing more than a bootable Linux distrib which automatically runs various "scanners". Just trying to find out given I certainly won't spend the money they ask for it I Googled (well, StartPaged) and found something called FixMe. You're right. |
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pjp wrote:
I notice an ad on tv for a "FixIt" stick which is a usb thumbdrive. I'm wondering if anyone here has had opportunity to look at one of these. I'm guessing it's nothing more than a bootable Linux distrib which automatically runs various "scanners". Just trying to find out given I certainly won't spend the money they ask for it An offline scanner, can only use signature analysis. This isn't quite as good as some of the best real-time scanners, that use not only signature analysis, but also heuristic (hook) detection. http://www.cnet.com/forums/discussio...drives-633160/ You're paying a lot of money, for half a solution. The best way to remove malware, is still "guided help" on one of the malware removal sites. I've seen some of their staff spend days helping people. Like, their best guy, dealing with a brand new threat, and consulting with others (off-thread) to figure it out. That's much better than some stick that isn't even going to detect that malware. I'm continually impressed with their ability to select just the right scanning tool for the job, to root out stuff. They must work from one hell of a long flow chart :-) Not everyone has the patience though, to wait for their turn to get help. Paul |
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So the questions a
will it boot an XP, Win 7, Win 8 and/or Win 10 PC ? depends of the PC, right? will it remove ransomware ? if it does, then it might be worth it. will it clean an infected PC? i.e. something a downloaded scanner might be inhibited by the virus ? if it does, then it might be worth it. |
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On Sat, 21 May 2016 14:51:49 -0300
pjp wrote: I notice an ad on tv for a "FixIt" stick which is a usb thumbdrive. I'm wondering if anyone here has had opportunity to look at one of these. I'm guessing it's nothing more than a bootable Linux distrib which automatically runs various "scanners". Just trying to find out given I certainly won't spend the money they ask for it Purchase and test it out, then report back the results. |
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On 21/05/2016 21:12, burfordTjustice wrote:
Purchase and test it out, then report back the results. PJP is not cleaver enough to do that. He is good at trolling so that is all he does. -- 1. /*This post contains rich text (HTML). if you don't like it then you can kill-filter the poster without crying like a small baby.*/ 2. /*This message is best read in Mozilla Thunderbird as it uses 21st century technology.*/ |
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On Sat, 21 May 2016 21:30:04 +0100
Good Guy wrote: On 21/05/2016 21:12, burfordTjustice wrote: Purchase and test it out, then report back the results. PJP is not cleaver enough to do that. He is good at trolling so that is all he does. Your brother then? |
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OG wrote:
So the questions a will it boot an XP, Win 7, Win 8 and/or Win 10 PC ? depends of the PC, right? will it remove ransomware ? if it does, then it might be worth it. will it clean an infected PC? i.e. something a downloaded scanner might be inhibited by the virus ? if it does, then it might be worth it. If the ransomeware has already encrypted the computer, the answer is no. No other product promises to remove the encryption either. The bad guys go to a lot of trouble to select something that can't be cracked. In one case, the Good Guys managed to take down the C&C server, and the recovery keys were still on the server. Affected people could contact someone, and get the key and decrypt their stuff. So there was one early success story. C&C is now distributed a lot better, so many of the naive details of the first efforts have been corrected. If the ransomware hasn't "hit" yet, hasn't done its thing, sure, something could remove it. But once the damage is done, only a backup can restore your files. While you can send your Bitcoins to the bad guys, you don't really know what will happen to the files. No guarantees. Paul |
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pjp wrote:
I notice an ad on tv for a "FixIt" stick which is a usb thumbdrive. I'm wondering if anyone here has had opportunity to look at one of these. I'm guessing it's nothing more than a bootable Linux distrib which automatically runs various "scanners". Just trying to find out given I certainly won't spend the money they ask for it I have no need of such a product. I get calls, up to 3 times a day from microsoft offering to fix my computer for me. Why would I need a "Fixit" stick? |
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On 22/05/2016 05:05, Bob F wrote:
I have no need of such a product. I get calls, up to 3 times a day from microsoft offering to fix my computer for me. Why would I need a "Fixit" stick? So that PJP can also fix your machine with what ever knowledge he has :-) -- /*This post contains rich text (HTML). if you don't like it then you can kill-filter the poster without crying about it like a small baby so that you don't see this poster's posts ever again.*/ /*This message is best read in Mozilla Thunderbird as it uses 21st century technology.*/ |
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"pjp" wrote in message ... I notice an ad on tv for a "FixIt" stick which is a usb thumbdrive. I'm wondering if anyone here has had opportunity to look at one of these. I'm guessing it's nothing more than a bootable Linux distrib which automatically runs various "scanners". Just trying to find out given I certainly won't spend the money they ask for it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bDMVYRSlpo |
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