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So, you had a virus. What next?<\/p>\n

One word.<\/p>\n

FORMAT.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Quit asking me whether I think the PC is okay now or whether ‘we got it’. If your PC has been infected with a virus, get your data and important stuff off of the PC and rebuild it starting with a full disk format. Never trust that Norton (YUCK!) or any other Antivirus vendor for that matter has fully removed the damage from your PC. Notice I said ‘Damage’ and not Virus. These AV vendors might have gotten rid of what they understand about the virus (files, registry settings, etc.) but the extent of damage a virus causes can easily be more than is visible. What if it poked a hole somewhere that no other virus or malware exploits immediately but 6 months from now is useful to the next 15 year old little twerp (thanks for the spelling correction Tony \ud83d\ude09 hacking away on the latest pain in the ass in his basement.<\/p>\n

Now say it with me…<\/p>\n

F – O – R – M – A – T<\/strong><\/p>\n

Have a nice day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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