Questions tagged [reinstall]
a computer maintenance task where the pre-existing operating system or application in question is loaded, anew, to the computer storage medium (HDD/Flash drive) from the installation media (CD/DVD/USB/Net). The software in question will already have been installed (and maybe running) previously, but some catastrophic failure (virus/corruption/bloating/disk failure) has necessitated that the software be reloaded into the computer.
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Creating bootable USB from a compromised OS. Is it safe?
If we buy for instance a laptop with an OS pre-installed e.g. Ubuntu and but the original seller was not reputable and there are doubts with the preinstall. My question is: if we use the laptop to ...
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How to safely reinstall Windows in Thailand - avoiding BadUSB/SSD
I have newly bought HP Pavilion laptop, which i am planning to nuke and reinstall. I really do not like the bloatware as it might posses a security risk. However, in Thailand, i do not trust the ...
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Buying a "Used" Router
I am buying a "new" router from an open-box sale at a company that liquidates eCommerce returns. Plan to use it for a home network at cottage. I'm a bit nervous that it could have been modified by ...
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samba server exposed to wan
I recently realized that my samba server was exposed for about 3 years to the wan (ports opened and smbd was listening). I made a mistake when I configured my firewall and failed to check it. This ...
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Can an OS .iso downloaded from Microsoft.com be compromised after the download?
I've have looked at and considered Question about potential ISO infection and ISO verification and How do I check the hash of an ISO? I've been concerned about security and I have been reading a lot ...
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Is there any 100% safe way to download an iso of Windows? [duplicate]
I've been concerned about security and I have been reading a lot about stuxnet and hearing a lot lately about the leaked NSA exploits and the more recent leaked exploits NYtimes and how they are ...
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question about clean reinstallation of infected windows 7 (nuke from orbit approach)
I am attempting to reinstall windows 7 on my infected PC (with the shortcut virus) using a fresh USB drive. The USB drive is NOT infected and contains the ISO. will the USB stick I'm using get ...
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Attackers gained remote access to my computer for an hour. Do I need to reset all 9 devices in my house?
I got scammed and hacked. The scammers said they were from Microsoft and my computer had a virus and they were going to install some antivirus software on my computer and clean the virus for me. So I ...
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Clean install - Security risk old files
I am running macOS 10.11. The system is as far as I know not infected, but natural I can not be sure. The system was in the past not as secure as it should have been (missing security updates and ...
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How to distribute software with one time installation key in complete offline
I have the requirement that I have to distribute software in SD card. And this application should work without internet. I can share the installation key through SMS. Since application and ...
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Kali Linux: wrong kernel. What to do? [closed]
What does this mean : Unable to boot- please use a kernel appropriate for your CPU what do I have to do ?!
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How to reinstall Win7 from a D-drive on an infected laptop
The laptop is infected with some sort of bad stuff (virus? Trojan? malware? etc). I am thinking of wiping it clean and reinstal Win7 "from scratch". I am running Win7 from an HP Probook, which has a ...
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Does reinstalling ubuntu eliminates all existing rootkits/ malware/spyware/ virus etc?
If I do a fresh installation of ubuntu from an uninfected cd, will it remove all the existing rootkits/malwares/spywares/viruses etc if any ? Is formatting the hard disk required before reinstalling ...
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Is it safe to reinstall Windows without first decrypting the whole drive?
I am using TrueCrypt's 'Full Disk Encryption' and according to TrueCrypt's FAQ I should 'Permanently Decrypt System Partition/Drive' before reinstalling Windows. This does not make any sense to me. ...
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Trust linux images burned from untrusted systems
For securitys sake I'm assuming my system is successfully compromised after a targeted and/or non-targeted attack. I've downloaded some linux images and burned them to do a re-install. Since I can't ...
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