"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 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
>
Yes it will remove the rootkit. You should figure how the rootkit got
installed and alter your computing habits so it doesn't happen again. One of
the reasons people ask this question is because they have done this then
become infected again because they didn't change their habits and the
rootkit got installed again by the same method it was the first time.
--
Kerry Brown
Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
http://www.vistahelp.ca