Can I move a hard drive that has a virus into another computer that has move the files off?

WiiUMasterGman · Dec 11, 2017

A friend of a friend has a virus on their computer that gives them the keyboard error. They want me to get photos and other stuff off of the computer. Can I move the hard drive into mine. How can I do it without getting a virus onto my computer?

bjornl · Dec 11, 2017

You much have autorun disabled. You must scan the HD with malwarebytes anti-malware (and at least one other). You must not touch any .exe, cmd, bat etc file. Only things like jpgs. Even then it is not without a little risk, but it is a fairly small one.

WiiUMasterGman · Dec 11, 2017

How do I turn off autorun

USAFRet · Dec 11, 2017

Do this only with a USB dock. Don't connect that drive internally.
Connect and power it up AFTER the PC is actually booted.

Then, AV and malware scans on that drive.
You have to be REALLY sure that you don't copy out some of the infected files along with the good ones.

WiiUMasterGman · Dec 11, 2017

USAFRet :

Why can't I do this without a dock? I don't have one and I have no money to go buy one. I'm ok with reinstalling everything on my PC because I have nothing to lose.

USAFRet · Dec 11, 2017

WiiUMasterGman :

A drive with known viruses on it? Personally, I would not connect that internally and just boot the PC up.
But that's just me.

bjornl · Dec 11, 2017

USAFRet :

WiiUMasterGman :

A drive with known viruses on it? Personally, I would not connect that internally and just boot the PC up.
But that's just me.

I wouldn't either. Risk = too high.

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