Removing RootKits

posted by  johnb (86)  12 months ago (www.vistax64.com)

Reformatting the drive removes everything. FDISK /MBR is redundant if you
just formatted.

The only other option is a manufacturer's low-level format and that program
is probably not available for a user.

"cyranodesade" wrote in message
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> 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