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Another Common Question…What Type of Computer Do You Use?

Get ready to be shocked…I use a Mac Book Pro. I know…calm down. It’s true. I fell in love with OSX a long time ago when it was called “neXt Step”. After neXt went bust Mr. Jobs was nice enough to buy it an turn it into a Systems Administrators dream…OSX (an amazing UI with a unix bsd core).

My current full time PC is a Mac Book Pro with Windows 7 running via Parallels (look it up). I do a lot more besides working on PC’s and this guy get’s the job done.

Using Combofix On Windows Vista and Windows 7 – I wouldn’t

As far as I can tell you should NOT use Combofix on Windows Vista and Windows 7.

*EDIT* – As of 2011 Combofix has been very stable on Windows 7

I’ve been doing some pretty extensive testing with Combofix in VMware and my VM’s were corrupted about 50% of the time (unbootable). I’ve really only used Combofix on Windows XP 32-bit to get rid of rootkits quickly and easily. Since more and more PC’s are being shipped with 64-bit OS’s dealing with malware has gotten a lot easier in the past few months for me since Rootkits cannot be installed in a 64-bit OS.

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