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Virus - reformatting a hard drive?

  • 13-01-2006 8:59pm
    #1
    smiaras
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  • #2
    netwhizkid
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    Don't forget to back-up all those important files for re-installing at a later date. (they won't survive the hard-drive being formatted) Have you tried Spybot - Search & Destroy or Ad-Aware SE Personal. These may get rid of the problem with the fuss of formatting it. They are only a few megs to download.


  • #3
    Ruu_Old
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    Disable System Restore, then use Spybot Search and Destroy and AVG to clean out the viruses. It shouldnt take you that long and save you the hassle of re-installing everything.


  • #4
    Steffano2002
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    netwhizkid wrote:
    Have you tried Spybot - Search & Destroy or Ad-Aware SE Personal. These may get rid of the problem with the fuss of formatting it. They are only a few megs to download.
    Great tools these two! When combined they are pretty effective...

    *Thumbs Up*


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    smiaras
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  • #6
    SeanW
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    Don't forget HijackThis!. If all else fails and you're about to reformat, use this (in safe mode) to get rid of ANY modification to the Windows system.


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