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#1 User is offline   Lacquer Head 

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Posted 12 January 2009 - 03:10 PM

can i use the recovering discs to get rid of any viruses and spyware?

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Posted 12 January 2009 - 03:13 PM

No that may not remove the malware. Better to start a new topic in the Am I Infectd section of the Security forum. We can be sure you are clean there.
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Posted 12 January 2009 - 05:52 PM

View PostLacquer Head, on Jan 12 2009, 03:10 PM, said:

can i use the recovering discs to get rid of any viruses and spyware?



Only if you use them to erase everything on your hard drive.

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