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I haven't looked at ad malware for many years, but when I did, it infected the MBR, so reinstalling Windows alone wouldn't remove it. I had to rebuild the MBR.
by blincoln 4y ago
I haven't looked at ad malware for many years, but when I did, it infected the MBR, so reinstalling Windows alone wouldn't remove it. I had to rebuild the MBR. I definitely recommend doing any live testing in a VM on a dedicated testing device. Who knows what sneakier persistence techniques are out there now?
- cm_silva 4y ago>I haven't looked at ad malware for many years, but when I did, it infected the MBR, so reinstalling Windows alone wouldn't remove it. In this case, wouldn't the infection go away by formatting the disk?
- ElectricalUnion 4y agoStrictly speaking (disks), yes, but people often say "disk" and format partitions instead. As the partition table and the MBR/"EFI system partition" exist outside of the realm of normal partitions, formatting normal partitions doesn't help in this case.