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Software => Computer viruses and spyware => Virus and spyware removal => Topic started by: kingneil on September 25, 2016, 12:08:46 PM

Title: Anything else to wipe other than HDD and BIOS..?
Post by: kingneil on September 25, 2016, 12:08:46 PM

If I think a computer has been infected, is there anything else I should wipe/re-install other than

1. Hard Drive / Operating System

2. BIOS

Is there anything else that a hacker could possibly infect that needs to be wiped/re-installed..?

Thanks

Title: Re: Anything else to wipe other than HDD and BIOS..?
Post by: DaveLembke on September 25, 2016, 03:02:01 PM

Most people dont wipe BIOS's... What infection did you get hit by?

Only BIOS infections I have seen so far are ones that brick a computer where a hacker flashes the BIOS and kills the system with a bad ROM file. If your computer is still booting an OS then the BIOS is likely fine so i wouldnt mess with the BIOS.

Please share information about your infection here so a specialist can help you with it.

Are you looking to repair the installation you have now or perform a clean installation, and do you have removable media that could have the malware/virus on them?

Title: Re: Anything else to wipe other than HDD and BIOS..?
Post by: Geek-9pm on September 25, 2016, 04:13:29 PM

If you are very paranoid and think people are out to ruin you, , thee are more things to do. Extreme,of course.
Get a new hard drive.
Get a new Video card.
Get a new keyboard.
Get a new mouse.
Based on post found on:
https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/2s97to/quick_question_is_it_possible_for_a_keyboard_and/

To date, there is no evidence that a power supply can have a virus.
Also, the computer case not have a virus.
Monitors have never been implicated in any virus attack.
BTW; A large number of virus attacks have come via shared USB flash drives.

Title: Re: Anything else to wipe other than HDD and BIOS..?
Post by: Allan on September 25, 2016, 04:15:37 PM

Geek - Information on Redit is anything but reliable and it's certainly NOT a source we want to quote here. Additionally, please do not post in the malware forum.

kingneil, DaveLembke got it right. And if you want malware assistance please follow the instructions in the following link and post your logs:
http://www.computerhope.com/forum/index.php/topic,46313.0.html (http://www.computerhope.com/forum/index.php/topic,46313.0.html)

Title: Re: Anything else to wipe other than HDD and BIOS..?
Post by: BC_Programmer on September 25, 2016, 05:01:16 PM

Their other post (http://www.computerhope.com/forum/index.php/topic,158274) seems to suggest less-than-above-board intentions.

Title: Re: Anything else to wipe other than HDD and BIOS..?
Post by: Geek-9pm on September 25, 2016, 06:45:58 PM

Quote from: Allan on September 25, 2016, 04:15:37 PM

Geek - Information on Redit is anything but reliable and it's certainly NOT a source we want to quote here. Additionally, please do not post in the malware forum.

Please direct me to a list t of web sites that are reliable.