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What would you have done?

Posted on August 9, 2021 at 11:55 CDT by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

The other day I was working on a laptop and ended up rebuilding it. I discuss what I did over on Computerworld.com.

I am reminded of this old and really good article about what to do when you’ve been “hacked” – or in this case, hit by a drive by malware installer and dubious browser. You can no longer trust the machine and MUST reinstall.

What would you have done? What tools did I miss trying?

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