Can a virus infect a secondary HDD?

[vizering]

If I have 2 HDD's, one with OS and programs (such as SSD) and another with just files, pictures, videos etc. Can a virus on either one of the drives infect the other or are they limited to the drive they are on?

 

[FALC0N]

Yes a virus can infect other drives.

 

[Collie147]

Sure they can infect your MP3 player and mobile phone, and one specifically targets iPhones. I remember back in the early - mid 90's there was a series of reports of a virus that caused your monitor to blow, so it all depends on the virus.

 

[WR2]

They're especially dangerous when they infect removable media like flash drives.
And they travel across networks (and possibly across wireless networks) to infect shared resources.
Boot into Safe Mode and run a virus scan from there. Safe Mode should keep a virus from loading up and going active.
Best to also have a '2nd opinion' run a scan. The worst kind of infections (rootkits) can hide themselves from an AV scan and even alter how an AV program works in a malicious way.
Download and install Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 1.46 and run that from Safe Mode.
Most of the major security players have a free online scan utility too.

 

[Saga Lout]

Download and install Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 1.46 and run that from Safe Mode.

In case Rootkits are in the frame here, may I add Kaspersky's TDSSKiller to that suggestion?[/#000ff]