I was wondering if I wipe the drive, reformat, and reinstall the OS will it kill all the viruses/adware/spyware etc from the computer.
Like a biological virus it would need a host to live. So if I wipe and reformat it will get rid of any viruses, spy/adware etc I have picked up on my computer? Thanks
BTW, my computer was recently infected with low level threat viruses, spy/adware files. Its still a fresh install with all my stuff already backed up. So reinstallingeverything wont be a pain. Just wanted to see if it would wipe the drive indefinately of the viruses.
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Yes, it will kill your virus, spyware, and adware. Just be careful that there is not malware in your files if you are restoring them after the reformat.
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It was pretty much a low level threat virus and adware. One of my friends went to a website and it installed some viruses. 76 infected files lol, .
So Im in the process of reformating and reinstalling the OS. Lucky for me it was recently cleaned so I dont have to reinstall much of the software already installed.
A small headache but I can at least know its a clean running system. Thanks again for the help. -
yeah it should do the trick i had an old computer that was infected and i mean old like 9yrs old....and i did a clean install and what would u knoe clean, fresh, and fully functional comp.......
Virus/Spyware/Adware etc question
Discussion in 'Security and Anti-Virus Software' started by MobileGamer13, Jun 16, 2009.