Reggia99 2 Report post Posted January 31 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? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Zoll 309 Report post Posted January 31 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. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Reggia99 2 Report post Posted January 31 So should I still go ahead to scan it? I believe you could help out in case of re infection Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Zoll 309 Report post Posted January 31 Yes, go ahead and scan them and if there is something there or the computer gets infected, I will help you clean it up. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GT500 823 Report post Posted February 1 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. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
