[pchelpers] Re: Cleaning a Disk


Hi Pen!

In message mid:002301c2ae2b$93a3af80$aa6809cf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
on Friday, December 27, 2002, 10:41:51 PM, you wrote:

T> Well, now that I've gotten my hard drive virus free can anyone tell me if
T> there is a way to get a CD cleaned of a virus?

T>  I downloaded the My Document files to a CD and, of course, now it has the
T> virus or (or virii).  Is it cleanable?

T>  O, and my address book is on that disk too, so if any of you that I
T> regularly correspond with would kindly send me an E-mail I will gradually
T> build my addy book up again until I find out if the CD containing my address
T> book is cleanable.

Just copy the entire CD to a temporary folder your hard drive. AVG or
whatever you have should complain and clean/quarantine files that are
infected. Scan the files to be sure.  Then, write a new CD.  Once
done, destroy the old CD.  Your address book should be ok.  Just
because other files on the CD are infected doesn't mean you can't grab
the address book off of it.

-- 
--Scott.
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