Backing up files on a badly malware infested computer.

[Liam Proven]

On 26 January 2012 05:07, Bill Stanley <bstanle at wowway.com> wrote:
>>> That's a bad thing. The BIOS may have been infected. Did you check the
>>>
>>> boot order (CD player, HDD, USB, etc)?
>
>
> An expert of removing viruses said that BIOS viruses are rare.

That's true.

>  As such, I
> am assuming that there isn't one.

Probably a safe bet. The little malware I know that affects firmware
tends to render the motherboard permanently unusable, anyway.

>  I did succeed in putting a new operating
> system in.

Which OS, though?

>  While I was at it, I put in an unused HD that I had and that HD
> became the master drive (C:) with her old drive becoming F:.

Are these IDE or SATA drives?

> When I tried
> deleting the old installation except for the data directories I was not able
> to delete those two files for Adobe Reader. No matter how hard I try, they
> are still there.

>From which OS? From Windows, booted off the HD, or from Linux, booted
either off CD or off the HD?

> It would be
> nice to get rid of these files because they are preventing me from doing an
> efficient defrag of the disk.  ( CURSE YOU ADOBE! )

Try using a Linux boot CD. It will nuke files that Windows will not
allow itself to touch.

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