Comments on: The OS Wars II: Modem Malfeasance and Wireless Woes

By: Head Geek

Head Geek — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 14:53:08 +0000

As it turns out, ClamAV is one of the few packages that does detect that variant of the Storm Worm. She'll be out of town this week, but when she returns I'll suggest that she install it (under her new Linux partition) and scan her Windows drive with it.

By: Head Geek

Head Geek — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 22:44:03 +0000

I discussed it with her, and she agrees that Linux sounds like a very good idea for her. I’ll be setting up her dual-boot system for it some time this week.

By: Head Geek

Head Geek — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 23:42:50 +0000

I’m seriously considering setting her up with it. She has to have access to Windows though, so she’ll at least need a dual-boot system.

By: Joshua Lee

Joshua Lee — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 19:11:09 +0000

The jury’s indeed out on that, according to the register article, many virus scanners can’t detect this infection. Since the infection involves making the system into a zombie and hooking it up to a botnet, I’d strongly recommend a reinstall if at all possible. (Either that or getting your friend interested in Linux. )