Virus

[Paddi01]

Luckily this never happened to me, but i would just like to know whether if it´s possible for any kind of malware to survive a complete format & fresh install of Windows.

If so, what could you do against it?

Or is this method 100% safe?

[Paddi01]

3 minutes ago, valdyrgramr said:

Um, iirc, there's some forms of malware that can get into the bios.  At that point, you're probably screwed.

but is has to be written specially for that bios i guess

[LienusLateTips]

2 minutes ago, Paddi01 said:

but is has to be written specially for that bios i guess

A lot of BIOS are from the same "American Megatrends" or "Phenoix BIOS"

[Sauron]

Yes, in multiple ways. A recent vulnerability in Intel's ME, for example, allows you to take full control of a computer, regardless of formats, without it showing any sign that that is the case, just by plugging in a rigged usb drive.

[Paddi01]

2 hours ago, Sauron said:

Yes, in multiple ways. A recent vulnerability in Intel's ME, for example, allows you to take full control of a computer, regardless of formats, without it showing any sign that that is the case, just by plugging in a rigged usb drive.

So in this case, you have to fix/repair the MBR?

[Sauron]

18 hours ago, Paddi01 said:

So in this case, you have to fix/repair the MBR?

You have to buy a new cpu if they take control of your ME, if not a new computer altogether since from there the attacker may have planted other malware anywhere on your system.