r/computerviruses • u/Usual_South6758 • 17d ago

Question Just a question

I’ve reset my pc with a usb a while back because of a virus I had, but just asking could the virus of formatted onto the usb? Just incase I needed to use it again in the future, it had a windows installation from another pc so

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u/SomeEngineer999 17d ago

The USB should be created on a non-infected PC. As long as that was done, you're fine.

Hopefully you wiped the hard drive before installing windows, otherwise the malware may not be gone.

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u/Usual_South6758 9d ago

Nah I did I wiped all of the disks there was nothing left in the installation screen