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from: SHADOW
date: 2018-06-02 01:27:00
subject: Re: kaspersky rescue disk

On Fri, 01 Jun 2018 23:19:24 -0400, Paul 
wrote:

>Shadow wrote:
>
>>  PS There is a warning:
>> 
>> https://support.kaspersky.com/14231
>> 
>> //Kaspersky Rescue Disk 2018 makes changes to the operating system
>> files. This may affect the work of your operating system. Before you
>> start using Kaspersky Rescue Disk 2018, we recommend that you create a
>> backup copy of your operating system.//
>> 
>>   WTF does that mean ? What "changes" ?
>>  []'s
>>  
>
>Maybe they're referring to you having used some
>"quarantine" function after malware is found ?
>
>If you quarantine a file (say winload.exe), that
>could brick the OS.

 Yes it would, but he old Rescue Disk did that too (as does any
decent bootable AV disk), and it's under the header "Special aspects
of Kaspersky Rescue Disk 2018". As in, "what is different from the
last version".
 They certainly need to upgrade their PR skills.
 []'s
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