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Infected HDD Data Extraction

JLCitadel
By JLCitadel
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How could I go about removing a handful of small vital folders from a hard drive that has an extremely bad virus on it?

(text documents / power points)

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plug it into another pc and move your files off it

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1 minute ago, Enderman said:

plug it into another pc and move your files off it

Wouldn't it just spread to the new computer?

(It latched onto launch files, changed administrative password, kept launching programs, couldn't remove with roguekill or malwarebytes or avast (or similar programs)

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6 minutes ago, JLCitadel said:

Wouldn't it just spread to the new computer?

(It latched onto launch files, changed administrative password, kept launching programs, couldn't remove with roguekill or malwarebytes or avast (or similar programs)

not if you dont boot into it

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Just now, Enderman said:

not if you dont boot into it

That's what I had figured, wasn't sure though. Thanks.

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