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yst_dfm · 11-10-2008, 03:39 AM

Hi Ried,

I understand the cat and mouse situation that you refer to. Basically, my questions were 'what-would-you-do-in-my-place' type questions, as you may have realized. Based on the information that you already have of course.

Let me clarify that the recovery partition is not directly accessible to me. By "using" it I just meant running the specific VAIO recovery application that uses it to reset the system to factory defaults (hopefully by reformatting/reinstalling). I am not sure if I can trust the hidden partition any more. I mean, from your experience, can a malware infect a hidden partition? If so, I'd better look for a windows installation cd and get rid of the recovery partition.

11-10-2008, 03:39 AM	#13 (permalink)
yst_dfm Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 10 OS: xp	Re: Infected by trojans in pseudo-codec Hi Ried, I understand the cat and mouse situation that you refer to. Basically, my questions were 'what-would-you-do-in-my-place' type questions, as you may have realized. Based on the information that you already have of course. Let me clarify that the recovery partition is not directly accessible to me. By "using" it I just meant running the specific VAIO recovery application that uses it to reset the system to factory defaults (hopefully by reformatting/reinstalling). I am not sure if I can trust the hidden partition any more. I mean, from your experience, can a malware infect a hidden partition? If so, I'd better look for a windows installation cd and get rid of the recovery partition.