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Retrieving data from infected drive
P.S. this is just for future reference. I currently do not need to access anything off of an infected drive.
I suggest this procedure:
- Install a working virus scanner on your Windows OS
- Boot your PC from any Linux live system.
- Make sure your local (windows) drive is not mounted
- mount the infected drive, copy over the files you need on a USB stick.
- wipe the partition table of the infected drive
- start your Windows again, scan plug in the Stick and scan it.
IMHO chances are really slim your virus/rootkit is on this USB stick in the first place; if so it was in one of the files you copied.
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