Meme: Nuke it from orbit.

Originator: Aliens

Cultural Height: TBD

Background: When a machine is infected, the only way to be sure that it's clean is to "nuke it from orbit", i.e. wipe the system to the fullest extent possible, or entirely replace the hardware. This has become the default advice for most questions related to malware infections, but it also applies to guaranteed secure destruction of hard disks.

Vasquez: All right, we've got seven canisters of CN-20, I say we roll them in there and nerve gas the whole f**kin' nest.
Hicks: It's worth a try, but we don't even know if it's gonna affect them.
Hudson: Look, man, let's just bug out and call it even, okay? What're we talking about this for!?
Ripley: I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit...
Ripley: It's the only way to be sure.

Meme: Nuke it from orbit.

Originator: Aliens

Cultural Height: TBD

Background: When a machine is infected, the only way to be sure that it's clean is to "nuke it from orbit", i.e. wipe the system to the fullest extent possible, or entirely replace the hardware. This has become the default advice for most questions related to malware infections, but it also applies to guaranteed secure destruction of hard disks.

Vasquez: All right, we've got seven canisters of CN-20, I say we roll them in there and nerve gas the whole f**kin' nest.
Hicks: It's worth a try, but we don't even know if it's gonna affect them.
Hudson: Look, man, let's just bug out and call it even, okay? What're we talking about this for!?
Ripley: I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit...
Ripley: It's the only way to be sure.

Meme: Nuke it from orbit.

Originator: Aliens

Cultural Height: TBD

Background: When a machine is infected, the only way to be sure that it's clean is to "nuke it from orbit", i.e. wipe the system to the fullest extent possible, or entirely replace the hardware. This has become the default advice for most questions related to malware infections.

Vasquez: All right, we've got seven canisters of CN-20, I say we roll them in there and nerve gas the whole f**kin' nest.
Hicks: It's worth a try, but we don't even know if it's gonna affect them.
Hudson: Look, man, let's just bug out and call it even, okay? What're we talking about this for!?
Ripley: I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit...
Ripley: It's the only way to be sure.

Meme: Nuke it from orbit.

Originator: Aliens

Cultural Height: TBD

Background: When a machine is infected, the only way to be sure that it's clean is to "nuke it from orbit", i.e. wipe the system to the fullest extent possible, or entirely replace the hardware. This has become the default advice for most questions related to malware infections, but it also applies to guaranteed secure destruction of hard disks.

Vasquez: All right, we've got seven canisters of CN-20, I say we roll them in there and nerve gas the whole f**kin' nest.
Hicks: It's worth a try, but we don't even know if it's gonna affect them.
Hudson: Look, man, let's just bug out and call it even, okay? What're we talking about this for!?
Ripley: I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit...
Ripley: It's the only way to be sure.