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Originally Posted by Tarun
GRC is a crap site, Steve Gibson's whole site in general is a joke. His only worthwhile application is Spinrite. There are more than enough programs out as freeware to remove rootkits. They've been well known long before the "Sony Rootkit".
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SpinRite is a pretty awesome program. I have used it since 1989, and have repaired many an MFM/RLL drive with it. However, that was back in the days when a 20 MB hard drive was $200.
I have used his newer versions to repair other drives since then, but have largely abandoned it in the last few years. We are at the point now with sizes increasing and prices dropping, where repairing a 40 GB drive simply makes no sense.
Steve may be a heck of a tech, but I agree that his site is not of much use. The hardcore technicians like me have long since moved on, and we are already aware of the issue.
The problem is that the common users simply do not understand (or do not want to understand) the dangers of virus, spyware, and malware. They hide behind ignorance, and do not even bother to keep up on the latest threats unless it makes the front page of the news (like Sony did). For people like that, I simply smile, then take their money when I have to do a wipe and reload to remove the 300+ virus and 14,000+ spyware on their system.
And even though I put antivirus and antispyware on every system and hand them a pamphlet I made out explaining how to avoid and prevent them, I am sure I will see 75% within the year, with the same problem all over again.
