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Fluffy

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  1. 1) Speaking hypothetically, lets say that after running a quick scan, MalwareBytes detects 500 infected files. I could get rid of the infection in 1 click by using MalwareBytes' built in removal tool. I have read elsewhere on the forums that although MalwareBytes can remove infected files, it lacks the ability to disinfect files. I assume that this implies that a file which is critical to the running of a program or Windows itself could be infected and that MalwareBytes will delete this file, rather than disinfect it. Is the risk of this happening made greater if I run MalwareBytes in safe mode? What about if I were to mount an infected hard drive in an enclosure and then scan it from another machine? How can I methodically remove an infection whilst ensuring that a system will not be damaged once MalwareBytes has returned the results? 2) After an infection has been removed via the above process, and a computer appears symptomless, can I be sure at this point, that the computer is without an infection? Should I always run two scans with MalwareBytes; One to clean the system and one to ensure that nothing has been left behind? 3) I have also read on the forums that the difference between a full and quick scan is that a full scan will remove dormant traces of an already dead infection as well as dormant infections in system restore points. Is it better to delete all system restore points and make a new one (once I am sure the infection is gone) or just run a full scan in the first place? 4) The suggested advice on using MalwareBytes seems to be that it should only be run in normal mode and that it is useless to run it in safe mode. However, I find that an infection usually prevents MalwareBytes from running in normal mode. In these circumstances, should I run two scans, one in safe mode to get the OS in a usable condition in normal mode and a second in normal mode to remove everything else? Or is there a better way? 5) Since rootkits are able to mask their presence from detection tools in both safe mode and especially in normal mode, it seems that MalwareBytes is not the right tool for dealing with rootkits. Is this right? If so, what tool should I be using instead, perhaps from a bootable DVD or by mounting the hard drive in another machine? If MalwareBytes does detect a rootkit, what sort of information in the results screen lets me know that it is a rootkit as opposed to some other kind of infection? If MalwareBytes does detect a rootkit, and I remove it using MalwareBytes, can I assume that the rootkit is gone from my system?
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