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Old 08-12-2003, 02:13 PM   #1
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Virus Question

If you got a virus in your computer and you repartioned , reformated and loaded just your os could you still have the virus?? Thank you
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Old 08-12-2003, 03:28 PM   #2
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Yes I have heard of it happening... A zero fill of the harddrive, then repartition and reformat is the for sure way to eliminate that problem...
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