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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


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