What OS are you running?  If you have XP you may be storing the malefactors in system restore.  You need to disable system restore before you run your AV and Malware programs.  After running all your virus/trojan horse programs you can enable system restore.  If you are not running XP, let us know what OS you have.

Joseph Marty


-----Original Message-----
From: Gordon Totty <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Sun, 1 Jan 2006 00:41:15 -0500
Subject: [PCBUILD] System File Corruption


This is sort of a theoretical question.  System files on a computer are
repeatedly getting corrupted in spite of extra care with virus detection,
reloading from clean sources, etc.  The HDD has been wiped and reloaded, but the
problem returns rather quickly.  Two questions:

Is it possible for a virus to exist in the normally inaccessible HDD
manufacturer's space on the HDD?

Is it possible for failing HDD to produce these symptoms?

Gordon Totty

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