[Enigmail] First signed message -- Is tinyurl.com safe and reliable?

[Robert J. Hansen]

Faramir wrote:
>   Well, yes, if you know when did you catch the virus, you know restore
> points older than that date are "clean".

How do you know?  The restore points are stored on disk; they're a high
value target for malware.

Expect malware -- especially competently written malware -- to go after
the restore points.

> My AV also scan the restore
> points, so I can know if one of them is infected.

Unless, of course, the malware hijacks your AV.

> if I succeed in removing the malware

How do you know if you've succeeded?



Malware, and especially malware recovery, is a _huge_ open problem in
computer security.  I have no knowledge of any reliable recovery method
other than using a known-clean backup.