In any article on cleaning a compromised PC, I strongly suggest including a statement that the only way to truly clean an infected machine is to reinstall the OS. Either that or point out that it's possible for some malware to remain on a PC after an AV product thinks it has been removed. Just a friendly suggestion.
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Instead of wasting all of this time, and still not knowing if you have a 100% clean system. All data should be copied from the device, and the drive should be reformatted, and the OS reinstalled. Safe and not sorry.
re-formatting or reinstalling the o/s does not guarantee a clean
To those who jump to the - it takes too much time to get to the root source of the infection so reformat, oh btw move the data files ,,, That is a shotgun approach which does not yield dependable results. To those who think an O/S reinstall would remedy the infection, it does nothing more than applying a bandaid to an arterial gush.
The author was correct - get to the root of the infection, do not assume it is a standard viral infection, check for spyware invasion, etc.
It is better to figure out the source of the problem so that people can be educated, the cause can be researched and the re-infection minimized.
Pshaw. Use DBAN on it.
Pshaw. Use DBAN on it. Nothing survives, and it produces extremely reliable results.
Shotgun? Sure. Entirely effective? You bet.
why keep that system running?
Why not look into the Knoppix LiveCD, and if it meets (or nearly-meets) your needs, consider a Linux distribution to replace the virus-prone Windows OS? There is a ton of Free, Open-Source software for Linux and its a good contender for the desktop these days. People just don't know about it. I've been using it as my desktop for four years now.
is there any way to recover non-bootable drive ?
Is there any way to repair or recover virus affected non-bootable drive ?
windows virus?
this is to clean MS windows viruses right? there are no harmful virus for osx, linux, unix, bsd?
I didn't know people still
I didn't know people still used floppies.