Reggia99 Posted January 31, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 I have an external hard drive infected by the ransomware and I believe the re-encrypting program is still on it, how do I get rid of it without infecting my free laptop? Please bear in mind that I have the EEK, adwcleaner, on the PC now. Is it safe for me to connect it to my laptop and scan with the EEK? or what would you advise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowPuterDude Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 Yes, you should connect the external hard drive and scan it with EEK. Whenever connecting an external drive that is suspected of being infected you also run the risk of reinfecting your system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggia99 Posted January 31, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 So should I still go ahead to scan it? I believe you could help out in case of re infection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowPuterDude Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 Yes, go ahead and scan them and if there is something there or the computer gets infected, I will help you clean it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT500 Posted February 1, 2020 Report Share Posted February 1, 2020 8 hours ago, Reggia99 said: So should I still go ahead to scan it? I believe you could help out in case of re infection It will only reinfect the system if you manually execute it. As long as you don't do that, connecting the drive to scan it is safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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