"Sebastian G." <seppi@seppig.de> writes:

> Todd H. wrote:
>
>
>> The underlying problem is that unless you have a strong baseline of
>> you system, you don't have strong certainty you're really dealing with
>> a peanut.
>
> Which is exactly the reason why a strong baseline is a necessity for
> reliable computer usage.
>
> But unlike you I don't thing that this would be hard to achieve. Not
> even for a beginner, as long as he's willing and reasonable.

We actually don't disagree on this. I don't think it's hard to
achieve.

I just know the reality is that nearly no one out there has such a
baseline, which make the recommendation you and I are making (flatten
and rebuild) all the more appropriate for anything but trivial systems
no one cares about whether they might have keyloggers or the like on
them.

Best Regards,
--
Todd H.
http://www.toddh.net/