BFIR -verb, [beefer] abbr : Backup, Format, Install, Restore
BFIR, to define a “beefer” as the actions one takes to backup their system after a compromise, then one must pull out the dreaded install cd and do a format and clean install of their OS, and then restore their files and settings.
This is not to be compared with the fubar, commonly referred to as foobar, which is a term used in the Corporate IT environment for “ID-10 T” errors. This is when a technician tells the client, “Oh, your shit was fubared, so we wiped it with a new image.” When fubared, you lose everything, as you are “fucked up beyond all recognition”.
This is another IT Acronym you can add to your list of already absurd lists of IT Acronyms and in no way shape or form has anything to do with APT, PCI or any of those other letters you may have seen floating around the past few weeks.
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