Re: Cleaning a computer - any other views here?

"John D" <John_D@Ican playgames.too> writes:


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In article <OYs63SKfJHA.4404@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
BoaterDave@xxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
When you say "Wiping and reinstalling" do you mean deleting all
partitions and formatting or do you feel that it is satisfactory
(say,
on a single hard disk that has two partitions C: and D:) to
reinstall
Windows on the C: drive leaving data on D: intact? TIA

The problem is that the bad guys could have installed mallware on D:
which
will allow them easy access later.



I'm pleased that you agree! :)





Wipe, as in the entire physical drive, everything, period, nada
left.

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That is straight-forward advice ....... but I wonder how many (even
'professionals') follow it!

Are you just as confident that ........ I'll call them 'gremlins'
......... cannot remain within a computer if the hard drive is wiped
as
you describe (or even replaced with a new one)?

What about gremlins hiding in, say, a RAM stick or somewhere on the
motherboard? There again, how could you possibly know the answer?!! ;)

Exactly how would they hide on the motherboard?


No idea if that is possible! Just asking :)


If you had your ram stick plugged in at any time after the infection
then
yes, it should also be wiped.


How, please, does one 'wipe' a RAM stick?

For this, just erase all files, including all hidden files.

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