Msn Virus and External Hd - ComputerProblems.org Free Computer Support & Technology Discussion

kuma.lk · #1 (**permalink**) 04-05-2009, 07:45 AM

Hi all was wondering if someone could answer e a question. Last week i got one of those msn viruses in the links ok. I have now got rid and cleaned my system out fine. question i want answered though is i hjave an external hard drive i plug in which was also plugged in at the time. now i took it out when i knew what was happening which was not long after the virus began to infect my system. so if i now plug it back in to clean system, could it be on there and go forward to indect my pc again if i do plug it in?

any help would be greatly appreciated guys thanks you
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Maurice · #2 (**permalink**) 04-06-2009, 01:27 AM

Depending on the way this virus tries to spread itself there is always the chance that there is an infection on the external drive.

Just make sure that your anti-virus program is right up-to-date and as soon as you connect the external drive get the AV program to run a full scan on that drive. Do not do anything else until the scan has completed.

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