Boot sector virus XP

C

Croaker

Are there virii/trojans that will survive a format and reinstall of
Windows XP PRO/Home using the XP setup (through the cd)? If I have a
previous install of XP and run through setup to reformat(NTFS) the
entire partition and then reinstall XP, Does this not rewrite the master
boot record, after wiping the partiion clean?
 
C

Croaker

Are there virii/trojans that will survive a format and reinstall of
Windows XP PRO/Home using the XP setup (through the cd)? If I have a
previous install of XP and run through setup to reformat(NTFS) the
entire partition and then reinstall XP, Does this not rewrite the master
boot record, after wiping the partiion clean?
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OOOPs sorry this is the access security newsgroup. Will post to the xp
security group
 

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