virus help

Monica Lewinsky · 07-21-08, 08:33 PM

Is it possible for you to remove that hard drive on a temp basis and put it another PC of yours ; then scan? The advantage of doing that it is not a bootable drive which might confuse the virus/spyware and remove it or kill it using the temp PC? I have had a lot of luck using this approach avoiding a total reformat of the bum hard drive.

Of course you expose the other machine a SLIGHT risk of the same infection ... but... by making a suspected h.d. as a secondary drive, it is SO MUCH EASIER to clean it up than beating yours brains out if using it as the boot drive in the secondary PC.

Just a suggestion.

07-21-08, 08:33 PM	#4
Monica Lewinsky Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 845 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	Is it possible for you to remove that hard drive on a temp basis and put it another PC of yours ; then scan? The advantage of doing that it is not a bootable drive which might confuse the virus/spyware and remove it or kill it using the temp PC? I have had a lot of luck using this approach avoiding a total reformat of the bum hard drive. Of course you expose the other machine a SLIGHT risk of the same infection ... but... by making a suspected h.d. as a secondary drive, it is SO MUCH EASIER to clean it up than beating yours brains out if using it as the boot drive in the secondary PC. Just a suggestion. __________________ Sink them all!