Situation:
- I have a Trojan virus on my computer.
- I cannot (given my limited knowledge) remove it.
- I want to transfer music files from the infected computer to an external hard drive. The anti-virus program that detected the virus on my computer 'tells me' that these files are not infected.
My question:
What are the risks of transferring these music files to my external hard drive? I am concerned about the risk to the external hard drive itself and also to any computer that I might later transfer these files to...
Wow, I hope I asked this question intelligently! Too long? More concise? More info? (I'm interested in the best way to phrase a question as I believe that being a good computer scientist is largely about recognizing a problem intelligently)
- I have a Trojan virus on my computer.
- I cannot (given my limited knowledge) remove it.
- I want to transfer music files from the infected computer to an external hard drive. The anti-virus program that detected the virus on my computer 'tells me' that these files are not infected.
My question:
What are the risks of transferring these music files to my external hard drive? I am concerned about the risk to the external hard drive itself and also to any computer that I might later transfer these files to...
Wow, I hope I asked this question intelligently! Too long? More concise? More info? (I'm interested in the best way to phrase a question as I believe that being a good computer scientist is largely about recognizing a problem intelligently)