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Originally posted by WDZ
If you have a malicious program on your PC, you're already screwed, IMO...
Sometimes. Most of the time if you know it's there, know what it is, you can remove it. If you do have outgoing protection then the maker of that malicious program won't have an easy time getting control over your PC; most of the time he won't even get control.
Also with outgoing protection you won't send any data that you didn't want to the programmer.
Not all the time do you have to reformat after getting infected. You guys should check out:
http://www.windowsubcd.com/
This Boot CD boots into a Windows environment, just like a Linux Live CD. It has built in programs like a virus scanner that can help remove hard to get at stuff.
Try it out.