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    Will this help?

    so the other day i got a nasty virus which i think also had a keylogger
    i reformatted my computer to factory default will this stop the keylogger?

    help!

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    I have a back up drive so i save my important files onto that, then i make a new account on that computer and copy the files on my backup drive to my new account.

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    Yeah, delete windows old too.

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    Yes because you reformatted your computer that's the only way to get rid of one of those bad bois

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    no, don't listen to anybody else. you still have it, to remove it you have to;

    A. unplug your computer
    B. open a window
    C. throw it out
    D. ???
    E. enjoy being virus free




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    I believe you are safe now, but a VirusScan couldn't harm you anyways


     

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