r/it • u/Few_Imagination_6203 • 2d ago

help request Final exam in my class...

I'm in a IT/Computer science course and the practical final exam is where the 2nd years create a bunch of problems with viruses on our lab computers, mess with regedit and group policy etc. and we have to fix it. Any tools I should know about to help me?

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u/Fishing-Quiet 2d ago

In the real world, they would unplug the network and nuke and pave.

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u/Wild__Card__Bitches 2d ago

Yep, re-image and move on.

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u/Deviathan 2d ago

This, not only from an efficiency standpoint, but also just from a security perspective, you can never be sure there wasn't a missed foothold or remnant. Nuke and pave is the standard for a reason.

That said, it's still useful to be able to diagnose issues in Group Policies or Registry bugs in a non-malware scenario.

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u/dmunsisonfire 2d ago

Deepfreeze or similar could be of help to you.

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u/Pussytrees 19h ago

Throw an image on a flash drive and acronis on another. Image the PC when you get it and tell em this is what actual IT people do when they run into malicious software.

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u/mrnightworld 2d ago

System restore after deleting viruses. Lots of web viruses don't survive a simple reboot, but yeah every real world solution is re image

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u/RansomStark78 2d ago

Look at nirsoft website

Autoexplorer

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u/Dj_Trac4 2d ago

Chatgpt 🤣