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Old 12-21-2011, 12:00 AM   #233
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Would an idiot do that?
 
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Originally Posted by QuikSsurfer View Post
It also scares me the number of novice users running combofix at the first sign of a infection. It should really be used at a last resort - before a wipe and reload.
I've gone back and forth with that in my head... I've never had a problem with it, but I've thought about editing the OP to include "for starters, reboot into safe mode, scan with malwarebytes & antivirus, etc" ... "and for a kill-it-with-fire approach, here's combofix...". I actually started editing it last night, but thought it came off like it was so time consuming, you might as well just restore.
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