evilnight01

In response to post #7639469. This is incorrect. You only need to run fixboot and fixmbr from the recovery console, which you can access by booting your windows installation media. These tools will replace the boot sector and the master boot record with clean data, overwriting any virus that may have infected it.That said, if you become infected, the only way to be completely sure (in a windows environment) that you have eliminated every trace of a virus is to back up your data to an external location (USB disk or network share, windows easy migration tool can help with some of that) and then nuke it from orbit by wiping every byte of data off of the hard disk. Delete all partitions and create everything from scratch, then reinstall windows.The best way to go about this is to download a copy of knoppix (or some other free linux troubleshooting environment), burn that to a CD/DVD, and boot from it. By booting off of something other than your hard drive you guarantee there are no rootkits or other malware running in the background, and all windows viruses are incapable of executing and functioning in non-windows environments such as linux.Use that tool to move your data off and wipe the disk. There are many excellent guides on how to do this all over the web. Reinstall, then before restoring your data, scan it thoroughly with virus scanners to make sure there are no trace files left behind in anything you saved. If you have stored passwords on your system (such as in a web browser cache for your bank or other sites you care about such as email) you must change all of them after you get running again. Malware often scans your system for this kind of information and sends it off to remote servers, where the authors will eventually use it or resell it to other parties.It sucks, but in the end it is more successful and less time consuming than attempting to clean malware out of windows.Basic instructions on how to do this can be read at this link. http://www.brighthub.com/computing/linux/articles/64736.aspxI recommend booting knoppix, plugging in a USB drive to back up your data, copying everything you want to save to that drive, then wiping the disk completely. At that point you can safely reinstall windows.It appears Kaspersky also offers a similar solution.https://support.kaspersky.com/4162http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwlV3vVSDgoAlso, when you are reinstalling, Ninite can save you a great deal of time.http://ninite.com/