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Re: Removing RootKitscyranodesade wrote:> 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. - CESYes, it'll remove the rootkit - IF the rootkit lets you format thedrive. There would be nothing to stop somebody from writing a rootkitthat just made it look like the drive had been formatted.You could delete and recreate the partition when you're booted from CD(eg. installing Windows)Alun Harford
Re: Removing RootKits
cyranodesade wrote:
> 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'll remove the rootkit - IF the rootkit lets you format the
drive. There would be nothing to stop somebody from writing a rootkit
that just made it look like the drive had been formatted.
You could delete and recreate the partition when you're booted from CD
(eg. installing Windows)
Alun Harford