Virus still present after XP re-installation
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tim1948
Oct 19, 2010, 6:11:16 PM10/19/10
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A friend of mine has "Antimalware Doctor" on his XP installation: it
is a fake antivirus program, and therefore easy to identify. Since he
has little installed on the computer, I simply re-installed XP from
the original CD, and after a short period of time the virus came back.
Apparently this virus, perhaps a boot-sector virus, can survive the re-
installation process. Can someone recommend software that would
effectively remove it prior to reinstallation of XP? (The drive is
small, so another option is simply replacing that drive; but removal
of the virus would avoid the need to open the case of the computer.)
is a fake antivirus program, and therefore easy to identify. Since he
has little installed on the computer, I simply re-installed XP from
the original CD, and after a short period of time the virus came back.
Apparently this virus, perhaps a boot-sector virus, can survive the re-
installation process. Can someone recommend software that would
effectively remove it prior to reinstallation of XP? (The drive is
small, so another option is simply replacing that drive; but removal
of the virus would avoid the need to open the case of the computer.)
daleeh
Oct 21, 2010, 6:48:33 PM10/21/10
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Exactly how did you "reinstall" XP?
The only way to guarantee a "clean slate" before reinstalling any OS
is to wipe the hard drive completely by using FDISK to delete the
existing partition, recreating a partition, formatting that new
partition, and then installing XP as if it is going on a brand new
hard drive.
Dale
The only way to guarantee a "clean slate" before reinstalling any OS
is to wipe the hard drive completely by using FDISK to delete the
existing partition, recreating a partition, formatting that new
partition, and then installing XP as if it is going on a brand new
hard drive.
Dale
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