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Cheers jimbo, are you referring to Bleeping Computer as these security experts? I'll tell ya, they're more of a security expert than myself!Hi folks
Some of these "security experts" really haven't a clue when dealing with "Non Corporate or Home" computers. I view them with the same distain that I have for some of those "Financial advisors" who never pony up any of their own money .
My late dad who knew nothing about the shenanigans of the US/UK etc stock markets always use to quip "Then where are all the Investors Yachts then " while looking at the piles of expensive cars these people seem to drive around in packs. !!
Just today a friend of mine said that "her Financial advisor - had just posted that her account was now valued at 3 million EUR !! when really it was around 3,000 EUR. So as a joke she said --OK I'll cash it in --- within 35 mins the Police were around "investigating Money Laundering and possible Fraud" -- of course she was released within minutes so whatever advice you get from external services "ALWAYS CHECK AND VERIFY". Whatever the business etc.
Whether it's Linux or Windows on a home computer just use A REMOTE SYSTEM to run a cleansing process -- and if you are worried that the HDD / SSD has been compromised beyond normal recovery - then just "Low level format it" via writing random hex digits (or even x'00' to every sector on the drive --INCLUDING THE CACHE (often forgotten).
There's so much snake oil in this business --often I think that some of those "Big beefy men" standing outside various buildings in Amsterdam's notorious Red Light District have more value than some of the advice given by these "so called security experts". (Note -- Corporates and other national / international infrastructure is a totally different ballgame --my remarks are construed principally to people managing HOME type computers).
Cheers
jimbo
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