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Re: Removing Rootkits from Boot Sector.
If you delete all partitions on a hard drive, and then create and format new
partitions, a new MBR is created. The old one is gone. I do not know of any
malware that will survive this action but there "may" be some out there that
can.
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Regards,
Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
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"cyranodesade" <cyranodesade@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> All,
> I hope this is a simple question does Formatting a Hard Drive and then
> FDisk /MBR remove any rootkits or hidden unwanted files on a hard
> drive??
> If the answer is no then could you please point me to a good resource
> for formatting the boot sector/MBR? Thanks in advance. - CES
>
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