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I am about to reset my laptop to factory settings. Because I have the torpig trojan ( I have good antivirus, so how did I get it?) is it best to resinstall Windows 10 locally or from Cloud?
Torpig trojan removal
- Thread starter Della Dianne
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Hi Della,
I would do a local install without connecting to the internet and once installed, do all your updates after wiping the drive!. Do you have all your data backed up as you will lose it all if you wipe the drive.
You can also do a reset but there is a chance that the virus will still be there if you don't wipe the drive?.
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I would do a local install without connecting to the internet and once installed, do all your updates after wiping the drive!. Do you have all your data backed up as you will lose it all if you wipe the drive.
You can also do a reset but there is a chance that the virus will still be there if you don't wipe the drive?.
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