Re: idea

["Paul Ferguson" <fergdawgster () gmail com>]

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On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 6:49 PM, Paul Ferguson <fergdawgster () gmail com>
wrote:

> On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 6:28 PM, RandallM <randallm () fidmail com> wrote:
>
> > This seems to be what everyone is missing:
> >
> >  "GETTING TO A HELPLESS PERSON WHO'S COMPUTER IS UNABLE TO REACH ANY
> > SITE OR DOWNLOAD ANY PROGRAM TO AID THEM".
> >
> > Thus, we have thought on "obfuscation" of the links to such sites and or
> > tools. Any "www.malware-help.com" DNS common sites are "blocked".
> >
> > "AV-CLOUDS", "DNSSEC" do not provide for "after" the infection of those
> > that have not received "clients" or "resolvers" prior to infections.
> > They are real problems NOW!
> >
> > How does Grandma get help? She takes to "such and such" for $200 dollar
> > who for get to say "oh, take your family pics off", wipe her drive and
> > reload the pc. She tryed to go to AV and other scan sites but instead
> > the browser took her to "wifes lonely and horny".
> >
> > Understand now?
>
> I appreciate what you are trying to formulate, but for various reasons, I
> am not sure it is even entirely possible.
>
> Good luck. :-)

After I sent that, I realized that a few more comments I wanted to make.

First, wouldn't it be more worthwhile to make sure that Grandma doesn't get
compromised in the first place?

Secondly, I think that original install discs are still the best advice --
reinstall your OS when it is compromised.

Third, I'm not sure what you are describing is really a problem that needs
a solution. In other words, it sounds to me like you are looking for a
solution to a problem which doesn't really need fixing (?)...

- - ferg

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