This seems to be source for the article: https://labs.bitdefender.com/2018/06/six-years-and-counting-inside-the-complex-zacinlo-ad-fraud-operation/ https://labs

This seems to be source for the article: https://labs.bitdefender.com/2018/06/six-years-and-counting-inside-the-complex-zacinlo-ad-fraud-operation/ https://labs.bitdefender.com/2018/06/six-years-and-counting-... (there is a PDF linked), no mention of surviving a format or clean reinstall.