[SOLVED] A full wipe, will it delete all the malwares in MOBO and CPU?

[A S I A N]

A full wipe, will it delete all the malware in MOBO and CPU?

I know a full wipe will delete all the malware in HDD or SSD but not sure about MOBO, GPU and CPU.

Thank you!

 

[USAFRet]

Software/malware is not contained in the motherboard, CPU, GPU.

(OK, there are some rare instances of a BIOS being infected. Extremely rare)

 

[kanewolf]

A full wipe, will it delete all the malware in MOBO and CPU?

I know a full wipe will delete all the malware in HDD or SSD but not sure about MOBO, GPU and CPU.

Thank you!

If you are that concerned, buy a new disk. Take this as an opportunity (or requirement) to upgrade to an SSD.

 

[geofelt]

In theory, a nasty virus could alter the bios on the motherboard or the firmware on the gpu.
Unless you are a high profile target, I would discount that possibility as negligible.
A clean windows install will reformat your drive, leaving nothing nasty left.

 

[A S I A N]

Software/malware is not contained in the motherboard, CPU, GPU.

(OK, there are some rare instances of a BIOS being infected. Extremely rare)

Thx!

 

[A S I A N]

If you are that concerned, buy a new disk. Take this as an opportunity (or requirement) to upgrade to an SSD.

Thx!

 

[A S I A N]

In theory, a nasty virus could alter the bios on the motherboard or the firmware on the gpu.
Unless you are a high profile target, I would discount that possibility as negligible.
A clean windows install will reformat your drive, leaving nothing nasty left.

Thx!