If command line was perfect interface we would never move on from it.

Anyways, why should we care about people who can´t use it?

I don’t see anyone forcing or suggesting you to do so. :)

@Rudolph
I think the “danger” of ComboFix is in usability rather than techniques.
Generic AV products try to play nice with user – GUI, quarantine, etc. ComboFix doesn’t really bother.

Wait wait wait… are we saying this AV is the last resort because it is ugly? Really? And it´s hard to use for the “average user”? Man, i ran it and it worked all by itself in a few minutes (oh, and it easily solved a nasty problem i couldn´t solve without avira and malwarebits). I am starting the average pc user is somewhat like a retarded monkey. Anyways, why should we care about people who can´t use it? And back to the beggining, since when simple plain text is “dangerous”???

Hours definitely sounds like too long. I am not sure those blue screens come from Combofix, boot issues after malware cleanup are usually caused by removal of infected files that were involved in boot process.

. . . CF does make some alterations to your system if you run it. Even if you had no malware removed and run the uninstall command, some things may be different now on your system. I can tell you that one thing is that all your restore points will be flushed out and a new one created. There is a good reason to do that when you have a severe infection–but if you aren’t infected you might need those restore points.

Read and abide by the disclaimer people. It’s there for a reason. Stick to running and protecting yourself with a good AV and firewall and an anti-malware scanner or two. If you feel you need a second opinion, try running online scans. If you feel you might need surgery, come here to BC and ask for help–that is what we’re here for.

BS! —–> I can tell you that one thing is that all your restore points will be flushed out and a new one created. There is a good reason to do that when you have a severe infection–but if you aren’t infected you might need those restore points.

BS!Combofix backs up the registry and create a restore point before it starts. If you go over to these malware forums its basically one tune they play. Malwarebytes superantispyware tdsskiler and combofix. It hunts down names of known malware. It doesnt use signatures so how can it have a false positive?

tools are susceptible to glitches, bugs and false positive detections and removal of critical files from time to time resulting in computers that become unbootable or get stuck in an endless reboot loop. Even major anti-virus vendors are not immune to such issues either and here are just a few reported examples.
McAfee false-positive deletes critical svchost.exe causing system crashes and reboot loops
McAfee false-positive glitch on crucial system files fells PCs worldwide
Symantec false positive on system files cripples thousands of Chinese PCs
Kaspersky False Positives Quarantine or Kill Windows Explorer in Windows Vista
AVG virus scanner removes critical Windows file and renders machines unbootable
Malwarebytes Atapi.sys and Registry False Positives

Wheres Combofix? If combofix makes your OS unbootable then any antivirus would as well. It uses Gmner catch me. All the scanners use it. Combofix can delete the wrong things if you make your own scripts to delete files. But that you cant do by accident

It is rising (and nasty as usual) trend in malware to block anti-malware tools from running. Most of the time it is easy to circumvent by renaming executable.

And naturally the more known apps are more likely to get blocked, so ComboFix flies under radar as less mainstream tool.

I think the “danger” of ComboFix is in usability rather than techniques.

Generic AV products try to play nice with user – GUI, quarantine, etc. ComboFix doesn’t really bother.