Will reinstalling Windows remove a Trojan?

It depends on how you reinstall. If you format the boot drive and install from known good media without telling windows to retain previously installed software or settings, that will clear all malware from the boot media. However, any malware on any storage other than the boot drive will not be cleaned by this process.

Will reinstalling Windows clean my hard drive?

You may perform a clean installation even if you’re reinstalling an upgrade edition of Windows, but in that case you must wipe the drive during the installation process and not before.

Can resetting Windows 10 remove viruses?

In short, yes, a factory reset will usually remove viruses … but (there’s always a ‘but’ isn’t there?) not always. Due to the wide variety and ever evolving nature of computer viruses, it’s impossible to say for sure that a factory reset will be the answer to curing your device from a malware infection.

Can a fresh Windows install remove all viruses on my PC?

Yes its do fresh installtion of windows virus will be remove but only c drive are cleaned but others drive are infected yet.Then first you have to take a back up your data on all drives then you formatted and install a new windows. You need to format all the drives in order to clean them. or run a antivirus scan.

Can you remove a virus from a hard drive by resetting the computer?

So resetting Windows mostly remove the virus or malware. As to malware that might reside in other hard-drive partition, they may be there but they are not “activated”. They just sit there and not running. You can easily remove them by reformatting that partition or running a virus scanner.

Can You reinstall Windows with a clean hard drive?

There is no doubt that a clean Windows reinstallation will delete all the data on your hard drive. To avoid any data loss, make sure that you have a backup in advance. Remove all unnecessary peripheral devices. Here you’d better remove all peripheral devices including earphones, card reader, printers, and removable hard drive.

How to remove AutoRun virus from hard disk drives?

Delete autorun.inf and MS32DLL.dll.vbs or MS32DLL.dll (use Shift+Delete as it deletes files forever.) in all drives include Handy Drive and Floppy disk. Now navigate in the left pane as follows: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE –> Software –> Microsoft –> Windows –> Current Version –> Run .Now delete the entry MS32DLL (Use Delete key on keyboard)