"I immediately did what any professional IT/IS guy does: I began the lockdown. All associated devices get removed from the account," fidelisoris, who asked us to use their internet handle, recounted.
From me:
No, No, No, No, No - what any "professional IT/IS guy" would do is delete the account - if you have been compromised, anything short of scrapping it all and starting again is a fools errand.
If you have had a root kit on your windows machine, you use external boot disk to format and re-install, you don't remove it. If you are in a sensitive area you probably bin the computer.
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From me:
No, No, No, No, No - what any "professional IT/IS guy" would do is delete the account - if you have been compromised, anything short of scrapping it all and starting again is a fools errand.
If you have had a root kit on your windows machine, you use external boot disk to format and re-install, you don't remove it. If you are in a sensitive area you probably bin the computer.
If your x account is compromised, kill it.