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Originally Posted by TPI Monte SS
...and added an extra 1meg of RAM (up from just 256k LOL)....
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For asking a legit question properly I'll subdue my troll side and let this one pass
Malware, *could* potentially affect other mounted data devices on your machine. This can include network shares, USB drives, and internal drives.
Once you execute those files in the new OS it is quite possible to reinfect your machine.
**however** Spyware rarely does this - this behavior is much more common in worms rather than this obnoxious stuff like "Internet Security 2010"
I would recommend moving all of your data onto another drive, bring it up in your new OS (dont click on any files though!) and run a tool such as Malwarebytes on the entire drive.
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