-> -=> FidoMail to 1:163/215, please.-=< 
 
-> ->  MS>> so your saying he should make a backup copy of the infected 
-> ->  MS>> system, and format it, then reinstall the backup? 
-> ->  RL> Yes 
 
-> -> Which will accomplish what, exactly...? 
 
-> AJ> Yeah really! Doesn't this guy know that would DELETE 
-> AJ> EVERYTHING ON THE DISK? 
-> AJ> Sometimes I wonder about these people. 
 
-> Be careful.  You're new here, and you wouldn't want to get the wrong 
-> sort of reputation. :-) 
 
-> If one did what was suggested, you would _not_ "delete everything on 
-> the disk", and, more to the point, you may not fix the virus 
-> infection at all. 
 
-> Those two statements are both correct, and the reson they are correct 
-> is related.  Can you tell me why? 
 
 
      Sorry dude, you lost me. 
        But when you format a disk you do lose all information on that 
disk. It even tells you so. 
        And as to the reputation thing, I don't want to hurt anyone's 
feelings. I'm just interested and I like to state my point. 
       Feel free to correct if wrong! :) 
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