Re: Does clean install of XP kill all malware?

No, some viruses like the Sasser will still prevail after a clean install.
That I have experienced myself.

The sasser virus was still there after an clean install with a manual
formatting of the harddisk.

So a clean install do not necessary take away all viruses.

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Regards
Zadig Galbaras
A Perturbed Norwegian Agnostic
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"Chico" <Chico@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> skrev i melding
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>I apologize for the newbie question, but here goes:
>
> If I do a clean install of my XP, will it kill all the viruses, spyware
> and
> other malware that is on my computer?


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