It’s inevitable that clients will infect workstations, PCs, and laptops with spyware and viruses. Regardless of preventive steps, from gateway protection to automated scans to written Internet use policies, malware threats sneak through even layered defenses. What makes the situation worse is that many clients aren’t willing to invest in standalone antispyware software, even though they understand the need for minimal antivirus protection. This is a perfect example of what I call Reactive Rationality. 
Clients who won’t invest in preventive measures find it easier to justify paying three or even four times the cost of prevention to remediate infections once a debilitating disruption strikes their systems or network.Some IT professionals advocate simply wiping systems and reinstalling Windows, while others suggest that’s akin to giving up and letting the bad guys win. The truth lies somewhere in between. Following tried-and-true methods frequently repairs even heavily damaged systems. I’ve returned systems to college students that ran as well as they did out of the box, even though some 1,200 lively Trojans, viruses, and worms were active on the machine when it hit my workbench. In other cases, systems with a single sinister and nefarious infection required me to reinstall the operating system. The trick is to discover which method is called for as quickly a possible when encountering an infected client PC.Here are the virus and spyware steps I find most effective. After making an image copy of the drive (it’s always best to have a fallback option when battling malicious infections).
Clients who won’t invest in preventive measures find it easier to justify paying three or even four times the cost of prevention to remediate infections once a debilitating disruption strikes their systems or network.Some IT professionals advocate simply wiping systems and reinstalling Windows, while others suggest that’s akin to giving up and letting the bad guys win. The truth lies somewhere in between. Following tried-and-true methods frequently repairs even heavily damaged systems. I’ve returned systems to college students that ran as well as they did out of the box, even though some 1,200 lively Trojans, viruses, and worms were active on the machine when it hit my workbench. In other cases, systems with a single sinister and nefarious infection required me to reinstall the operating system. The trick is to discover which method is called for as quickly a possible when encountering an infected client PC.Here are the virus and spyware steps I find most effective. After making an image copy of the drive (it’s always best to have a fallback option when battling malicious infections).For further details visit at:blogs.techrepublic.com.com/project-management/?p=714
